Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-07-20
Fulton Papers Please Copy.

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cliff where earth was being strippe'
from a ledge Of rock. He becam'
startled at something. jumped to tn
side and went over the cliff, carrying
with him a dump cart He fell int
an accumulation Of earth, which mad
a soft bed. The cart was damanget
more than the mule. - St Louii
| Globe Democrat.
(By H. l. Kempster, Missouri Colleg'
Of Agrieulture.)
As the chicks grow they need NOR
room. 1t does not pay to let then
crowd.
Beware of musty, mouldy, sour, Oh
decayed food. II is sure to caus.
trouble.
Tough grass is Of no value as 4
green food. Better SOW some quicl
growing crop.
Feed hoppers greatly reduce thu
work. II they are kept filled, the
chicks will never go hungry.
If your chicks are not doing well
something is wrong. Look for lies
and for worms in the intestines.
Two-year-old hens had better be
sent to the market. They seldom pay
for their feed if kept over a third sea-
son.
Grit and oyster shell should be in
cluded in the ration for both young
and old. To neglect this would be
poor economy.
Your stock viii do better If not COM
PEELED to pick their living with the old.
There will also be less trouble from
lice.
Shade il one of the most important
essentials during the hot months. Get
the chicks into the orchard and corn
field. 1t is not too late to plant sun
flowers.
A growing chick win not thrive on
short rations. II the right kind Of
food is fed, there is little danger Of
over feeding, especially II they are
given plenty Of range.
Supplement the regular feeds with
a wet mash - fed crumbly. Feed all
the chicks viii clean up before going
to rcOst. But none should be left in
the trough for it will sour.
Mark the pullets this fall so that
you will know just how old your hens
are. A leg band on the right leg ono
year and on the left leg the next will
assist in culling the flock. A hog ring
will serve the purpose.
A Scrub Sire Never Pays.
tBy E. A. Trowbridge, Missouri Agri-
cultural Experiment Station.)
Quality becomes more essential to
profit in the live stock farming each
season. When labor, land and feeS
were cheap it was possible to realizze
a profit on live stock of an inferior
grade, but with the present high cost
Of these production factors and a
constant discrimination on the a
ket against the Scrub" it ha. be-
come evident that the greatest profit
can be expected only from live stock
Of good quality. 1t may be possible
for the feeder or dealer to make :
profit on inferior live stock if he is
able to buy it sufficiently cheap and
sell quickly, but usually someone has
not realized the greatest possible
profit when a scrub" goes to mar
ket' If it is not the feeder, it is the
man who produced the animal.
AT the Missouri Agricultural Ey-
perimental Station lambs sired by a
$50 mutton ram cut of Western e,ves
weighed 2.54 pounds more at three
months of age than lambs out Of the
same kind Of ewes by a scrub ram
weighed at four months. The we'll.
ored lambs were ready for market a
month earlier, they ate only about
one-half as much feed, and they sold
Tor nearly So more per hundred than
dio the lambs by the inferior ram.
Just recently two Utah ranchmen
are reported to have sold their catt,e
on the same market on the same dav
Both used the same amount of nation.
al forest range per head and paid the
same grazing fee. One had used rool
bulls to produce his cattle, the other
had not. The good cattle brought
$40 per head more than the Door cat
tie.
Whether the live stock is cattle.
hogs, sheep, or horses, the good onea
are appreciated when sold and con-
sequently bring higher prices and
normally yield greater return. The
most practical means of improvs-
ment is through the use of good s;res.
Tor the male may become the parent
Of from 40 to 100 animals each year.
Mrs. Sarah Litel, of Fulton. is Wis
ting in this city with her son. Ernest
Harvey, and with W. G. Becklev and