Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-09-28

u one VI de DIX M meeting OF
the year in Audrain county and Is
marked by a sumptous basket din
ner.
HARRIS0N'S CATTLE SOLD WELL
Albert Harrison, a well known feeder
from Audrain county, No., who has
contributed with several loads of
good steesr during the past two weeks
had yearling steers and heifers yes
terday at sI0.35 per cwt. The string
aggregated % head, averaging $50
lbs. and sold to Swift & Co.
Mr.. Harrison marketed three other
droves of high priced cattle here re-
Gently, two Of which sold at the top Of
the market. Yesterdays cattle, while
not toppers, brought one Of the high
est prices of the day and doomed up
well with the best on sale. - National
Live Stock Reporter.
John Menefee, of this county, has
traded his splendid Audrain farm for
a place in Mississippi county. The
L'dger joins his many friends in ex-
pressing regret oyer his departure and
wishing him success in his new home.
Cut Down Bee Tree.
W. o. Baker and DR.. H. W. DeJar-
nett located a bee tree some time ago
or a farm fourteen miles southeast
Of town on Young's Creek and Friday
they went out and cut 1t down. They
were not prepared for the quality of
honey they discovered and they had
to borrow some utensil to help hold
the stored up sweetness. They final
ly weighed up over a hundred pounds
Of clear clover honey and a small
amount Of dark honey which the bees
had just begun to store. - Centralia
Guard.
Lock Creigh, southeast Of Santa
Fe, is the champion oats raiser Of
Monroe county for the 1916 season.
His crop averaged 90 bushels TO the
acre and brought 40 cents a bushel.
He delivered 1900 bushels to a Rush
Hill buyer Monday. Mr.. Creigh is
raising 100 head Of two year old steers
and is looking for a buyer. Paris
Appeal.
J. 7. Johnson says the b. F.
Vaughn sale Thursday vas n big
success and his offerings all brought
good prices. Yearling mules sold as
high as 1880 a pair and Carter &
Son, Of this city. paid this price for
one of the best teams Of its kind ever
sold in this section.
MUNDY SALE A SUCCESS.
The Horace Mundy sale Tuesday was
a big success and buyers paid excel
lent prices for the splendid offerings.
placed on the block. Among the sales
were the following: ]. C. Gibbons,
sorrell mare, s177.5O; Almer Mundy,
o mare, s147.50; same, 4 year-old
mare, $l57.50; Herman Ebert, l2-year-
old mare, $3.50; Ed Machin, roan geld
ing, SIPS; Pollock G. Vim. sorrell
mare, 500; Almer Mundy, 5-year-old
o mare, $3.50; the heifers sold aver
aged about S55. W. W. Pollock paid
S1,6S7.4O for % head Of good steers.
W. W. HARPER is home from a visit
to his fine farm near Higbee and says
they are needing rain very badly in
that part of the State. Mr.. Harper
says he thinks that the farmers in
Audrain have been more fortunate
than most anywhere else in the state
this year, and that we have the best
crops there are.
PERHAPS the country's wheat
crop this year will not be big enough
to supply demand, including require
ments for exports, and there's no hone
OF help from Canada, but don't worry.
ferhaps before very long the world
VIII get some of the big Russian wheat
crop, by way of Saloniki or the Oar
danelles.
The st. Louis Fair.
The Annual st. Louis Agricultural
Fair, which will be conducted October
znd to 9Th at MaxwelIton Park is at.
hanging proportions that promise to
eclipse anything of the kind ever con-
quoted since the Louisiana Purchase
exposition. Prominent stockmen
ron all sections Of the corn belt arc
eager in their anticipation of this
great agricultural show in St. Louis.
The best of farm pursuits, both live
stock and grain will be portrayed here
as it is seldom seer on exhibition. and
M~issourians, proud in the achieve
ments of their proves, will be on
hand to witness the judging of the az.
hibits. Special railroad rates arc
made for the Fair.
l.66 INCHES OF RAINFALL
The rainfall Tuesday night and nm
10 seven o'clock Wednesday morning
was l.66 inches, more than the other
Tour rains of this month nut tooatbor