Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-01-14

J.. Nat. Dunn, three miles west on
Mccredie, shipped two cars Of fat
hogs to market from MeCredie
Wednesday.
John w. Settles, who lives north
west Of Fulton, sold a pair Of coming
~sve-year-Old horse mules to Lee
Bros. Of Mexico. getting s225 for the
team.-FaltOn Gazette.
Ennis Robinson, G-e miles west o.
MeCredie, has q a load, % head, OF
god quality native steers almost
ready for shiment Mr.. Robinson
thinks they will weigh about 1900
pounds average.
Edgar Brett a hustling young
horseman, Of the Auxvasse commun-
ity. sold q nine -year-oId bay mare IN
Fulton Monday to Charles Green OF
C~entralia, for $40.
J. B. Houf. north Of this place re
eeived a check Monday for $500 for ?
pair of past fve-year-Old horse mules
that he sold to Lee Bros, Mexico
horscmen, no are in Fulton the first
Monday in each month-Fulton
Gazette.
Earl Smart, near Dixie, sold a
small mule at stock sales Monday 70
Lee Bros, of MexicO-FultOn Gaz-
cite.
Charging off $4,000 in uncollectable
accounts convinced a Lexington
blacksmith that in the future cash
must accompany the order"
The merchants Of Versailles bought
in n day last week a total Of four
thousand turkeys, for which they
paid about 5000, an average of 81
per head.
II WIS left for Missouri to show
'em and develop a seedless apple.
u. ]. Simmons of near King City,
Mo-. has IL trees in his orchard
which bears seedless apples. The ap-
Piles are fine in color, size and shape,
and Of excellent flavor. The core is
very small and there are no seeds.
own a Chester white SOW that far
rowed three litters of pigs in 1914.
She was bred on Oct 6, 1918 and far
rowed 10 pigs on Jan. 30, 1914. This
litter all lived. She was bred again
on April 9 and narrowed IL pigs on
Aug. /. Of this litter 9 pigs were
raised. She was bred on Aug. 20 and
narrowed 10 pigs on Dec. Fl. OF
this litter she has 9 living. She was
bred to a Berkshire boar. This
makes a total of IS pigs for the three
filters and she raised 28.-Geo. F.
Adler. Hancock Co, o.-Breeders
Gazette.
Sam Morris received a ship
ment of furs from Maxville,
Fla. 1t was from ]. Speer,
formerly of this city.
Centralia, No., January ll.-Farm-
ers in this section have lost about
1000 hogs from cholera and pneu-
monia in the last two months. In
some instances serum proved a sue
cess, but in most cases 1t failed. This
loss is estimated at about $4,000.
Farmers are forced 20 ship then
hogs TO market before they are ready
in fear that he swine will be affected
later.
Roberts q Powell. south Audrair
county stockmen, shippSd two cars Of
hogs from Auxvaass I'aesday Of this
week. They were purchased as
follows: John W. Moseley, thirty
six, solo pounds. s425.20; George W.
Kemp, four. $40 pounds, $3.50;
Craig Moseleyfourteen, 2,645 pounds,
slS5.l5; Charles Y. Porter, three,
TAO pounds, s49.75; William and JOS
eph Moore, twenty-one, 3,l65 pounds,
S220.S5; j. E. Book Muir, thirty
four, s,4S5 pounds, s6l1.55; Thomas
Hite, six, $40 pounds, $3.50; Noble
Hite, ten, 1,495 pounds, $104.65; Gil
NOR brothers, fifty, 9,465 pounds,
$685. 20; John w. Bailey, three, 725
pounds, $3.50.
Three Livingston county school
girls, against whom had been filed the
unique charge of having whipped
the teacher entered pleas of guilty
when arraigned at Chillicothe and
were fined 81 and costs each. The
school marin was the complaining
witness.
Someone at Rockport sent through
the mails recently, a ham weighing
II pounds, to Pekin, China. The post
age on the package was SLAP. 1t will
reach Pekin within a few days of
Christmas and is intended as a
Christmas present
A Harrisonyille man was one of
four hundred living heirs who shared
in the estate of an Ohio relative who
left $1,000 for distribution by the
courts.
Chas. Householder, one of the
best sheep feeders in Audrain
county, sold 40 head of west
ern yearlings that averaged 81
pounds and brought $7.65 on the
81. Louis market, Tuesday.
am feeding Hereford calves that
weigh 500 pounds. / make them
good with silage, oilmeal, corn and
eobmeaL. have no hay but can get
wheat straw readily and alfalfa hay
at SO per ton. How much alfalfa
hay silage, corn and oilmeal should
they have?-J. P. NJ, Blockton, Ia.
An excellent ration can be made
from the feeds mentioned. The ra.
ton to be used win depend some
what on how long the calves are 70
be fed Assuming that the feeder
wishes to finish them for baby beef.