Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-05-18

wheat Ll5h iIeh
Cora TAX TAN
Oats 46& -
st. Leafs Cash.
Ne Red Wheat lis to l2i.
No ? Corn IS
No. 2 Oats saH
NationsI Stock Yards.
Hogs 1850. sscsdy. top 1890
Cattle 2ioo. steady.
sheep, 1900. steady.
T. W. Rockwell Of near Benton City
has g. head Of splendid steers on feed.
He expects to have 100 acres Of corn
in this year. Half Of It is already
planted. Mr.. Rockwell always raises
extra good corn. He IS n Of Aud
rains most progressive farmers.
W. W. johnson recently paid sT0o
flor two extra good registered Per-
cheron mares. He bought them in
Macon cowaty.
Chicago. May liza new record
price for May was yet yesterday for
choice cattle at the Chicago stock
yards when Armour & Co. paid si025
a 100 pounds to State Senator Frank
Lin for a a load Of Angus yearlings.
The figure is 20 cents higher than any
price paid before this year. The best
May record for 1915 was ss.65.
Buyers predicted that because of
the failure Of the Iowa corn crop last
year and the war demands, No. / cat
tie may bring s12 a 100 pounds with
in a few weeks.
W. S. Ford killed a wolf, weighing
IS pounds in the neighborhood Of
Frankford one day last week.
FTP II wATERMELONS ARRIVE
The first watermelons Of the seas
c= arrived 81 Iouis Thursday.
The consignment, a small lot from
Florida, caused a stir in commission
row, and dealers turned out in large
numbers to take q look at the green
spheroids.
Owing to the cool weather. how
ever, bidding was not as brisk as
usual, and only $500 a crate was OBJ
tanned, whereas in former years as
high as So or S. has been bid. Hotels
were the chief buyers at s1.00 TO SIPS
apiece.
BROWNS HEAVY STEERS TOP
r. p. Brown Of Audrain county,
Mo, who had three loads Of steers on
the St. Louis Market Thursday, sold
one Of them at the top Of the market
this week for steers Of their weight
His full three cars sold the days
highest figure. One string Of ri head
that averaged i44i pounds sold for
s9.95 and 81 head that weighed 1880
went at s9-25. The entire ship
ment was purchased by Morris a Co.
"The cattle were put ON full
feed about five months ago" stated
Mr.. Brown to a Reporter representa-
tive. They got a mixed ration CON
sisting of all the shelled corn they
would eat, silage. about 200 pounds Of
Champion molasses feed and 200 lbs.
Of cake per day. They gained a little
over 300 pounds in the five months,
and sold fully as high as / anticipated
Crop conditions" the Missourian
continued. "are not extra good. Lots
of the wheat is being plowed under
and the ground used for corn. Too
many farmers who have grass in their
wheat are not blowing it to ave the
stand, in fact lots of wheat in cur
country is sowed more for the grass
than for the wheat. Oats went in
early in March, but on account Of
the backward spring they don't look
as good as they might. Corn acreage
is going to be heavy this season and
prospects for cattle feeding are
bright"-Live Stock Reporter.
Farmers in the Hatton neighbour
hood have been searching for extra
teams to aid in planting their corn.
So many mules have been shipped
during the past year that the short
age is making it extra hard on the
busy farmer.
Guy Pearson, a Cooper county far
mer, captured seven wolf pups last
week on his place. He found the den
Of the wolves in a treestump ard after
securing them succeeded in wounding
the mother, but she escaped.
The sale Of cove by Jack Moore Of
Columbia, Tenn, at B. R. Middleton's
barn Saturday, was very successful.
cows averaging at least SIS a head.
Mr.. Middleton's barn is becoming a
popular place for public gales, cspec-
tally mule sales.
THE Ledger Is glad to know that
Jumps" Cauthorn has charge Of the
underwriting Of the $500 mule ring for
the big Mexico Fair. That means
that the matter will be attended to
promptly and efficiently, as aJumpss
always gets results. This big mule
ring should prove a splendid drawing
card for the fair, and should be popu-
lar with the mule growers throughout
the country.
FARMERS of Audrain County are
putting in the largest corn crop in the
history Of the county, and with sea-
sonable weather Audrain should have
a record-breaking crop, and that is
what we need.
Judge Alex Carter and son, Earl
had a a load Of lambs on the ST.
II Louis market Tuasdav Me-, fe4h