Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-11-18
Stock Notes

The. notable feature Of the auction
was that practically every animal was
bred on the farm Of the sellers. The
Boneys had bred good Herefords for
more than 80 years. They used a
superior class of stock bulls, and
while their cattle were raised under
plain conditions, yet they were Of such
merit hat they appealed to practical
men. The surplus of the herd has al
ways been taken at good prices. The
bulls were usually bought in carload
lots by ranchmen, and the better fe-
males were kept on the farm for
breeding purposes.
W. H. Naylor Of Columbia, a dealer
in walnut logs, left for Santa Fe,
Mo-, whence he will ship thirty car
loads Of logs, says the University
Missourian. He will then go to Mo
kane, Mo, and ship twelve more loads.
This lumber will go to st. Louis and
from there will be distributed to the
gun manufacturers of this country
and made into g~un-stocks for the al
lies. Each car contains enough lum-
Ter to make 1850 rife stocks.
Fire said to have started from a
Wabash engine southeast Of Mexico
Wednesday afternoon of last week
burned over about 300. acres of farm
lands.
S. W. Bise had about 60 acres of
corn and pasture ground burned over.
Crock Harrison had 100 acres; corn
and cane destroyed.
Judge J.. W. Smith, Cal Barnes and
Bob Lochridge each lost hay and corn
and suffered other damage to their
property.
Nolan Huddleston is feeding a ra-
ton Of corn, ensilage and cotton cake
to seventy steers in his pastures.
Forty-fve of the number are good
two-year-olds that have been on feed
about thirty days and carry about
100 pounds weight. The other TWEEN
ty-fve are pretty calves. The feeder
: says he never saw a bunch Of cattle
do better and he is well pleased with
: their gain. Mr.. Huddleston is also
! feeding forty head of porkers that
. weigh right at ITO pounds and are
about fat enough for market.
Poultry breeders will have an ex-
ceptional opportunity az the Missouri
State Poultry Show this year to
! place their fowls before a very large
number of people who are just get
ting into the poultry work. The date
is Dec. 7 to IL. Through co-opera-
ton with the Commercial Club Of
/ Joplin, the Missouri State Poultry
? Association has decided to throw the
!" show rood doors open to the general
: public, and the Commercial Club has
: guaranteed to furnish a building suit
> able for housing 5000 birds, and also
" will pay part of the operating ex-
: penses. The same coping arrange
/ ments have been made for the coming
y Show as were used at the last Show
u which was the classiest Show even
a held west of the Mississippi River
= and drew praise from every exhibitor
u and visitor. There will be numerous
Il educational features, including a SER
les of chalk talks by Judge W. H,
: Card, Secretary of the Rhode Island
. Red Club of America. Judge Card
Y will pass on all of the Red classes
and will be at the show room during
u the entire week to help any breeders
. who want information on mating and
u breeding that variety.
= The local papers and the expert
ment station through its county agenf
and extension service seem to have
checked the work of the Hessian fl!
Be in at least one county. Very littl'
ID wheat was sown before the hy-fre'
IN date, October 10, and in many case
bs sowing was delayed until the latte
% part of the month and all voluntar,
" wheat thoroughly destroyed. Pre-
st ~paration Of a good seed bed receive
IT, much more attention than usual, an
it seems very improbable from obsei
~vations made by 7. J. Talbert Of tn
college of Agriculture that there wi
IS. be much damage from the fly in tina
particular county next year. Nj
to Talbert says that the late fall ma
es result in the appearance of a secon
brood Of the fly, but that such lat
appearances are not usually very 81
we're although, they may do a lit
ID. damage. 1t is impossible to sa
in whether growers have been equal
he wise in all parts Of Missouri, but
lg- so there should be five or ten millit
'as dollars worth of wheat harveste
i've next year in addition to what wou
lg- have been harvested if the Hessis
of fly campaign had not been conducte
Der The wheat had been up for some tin
the kand prospects for a good crop ne.
lid year seem excellent.
ich Madison, Wis, Nov. S.-Will
be "soused" chicken lay more eggs tia
lay her sober sister?
ord This is the question the college
an agriculture of the University Of Wi
zen cousin has set to solve. 1t com
from a report that an ~intoxicat'
ny chicken lays three eggs to the one
a sober hen.
The students are treating hens
highballs to find out if its true.
Tho jefferson City, Mo-, November g.
A pumpkin 6 feet and 10 inches
an circumference, weighing lot pound
was exhibited by Bert Drane, Ell
nlo,,aa ~ tba p,hlic Sarvica Commi