Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-10

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the Blue Grass region and who is well
known in Mexico, will Judge the sad
die and light harness rings at the
Mexico Fair this year, August 8, 0,
10 and IL. Nh. Wilson is one of the
best judges in this country and the
management of the Fair is most for
tunate in securing his services.
Mr.. Wilson, years ago, vas n of
the big exhibitors here, but in recent
years has not been showing any stock.
He has many warm friends in this
city and county who became acquaint-
ed with him on former visits to this
section.
Something of a Record.
Mule colts on some farms are all
horses, and on others, it seems, are
nearly all mares. Elisha ]. Owens,
living four miles east of Calwood, has
had thirteen mule colts foaled on his
farm in the last four years, and an
even dozen of them have been mares.
Four of the bunch came this season
and all are of the more valuable sex.
Six Of the colts have been sold ct
weaving time for $500, and the other
nine are still owned by Mr.. Owens.
Besides this seasons colts, he has two
2-year-old mules and one yearling.
They have been produced by four
mares and all have been sired by jacks
owned by Ira L. Paisley, a Nine Mile
Prairie stockman. Mr.. Owens doubts
if any other Galloway farmer can
equal his record in this particular
Fulton Gazette.
Some Tomatoe, This.
1--WE been hearing about the number
of tomatoes local gardeners have been
raising on their vines" Austin Cren-
shaw said Monday, 'but there's a to-
mato that is out for the quality and
sizerecord." This tomato he pointed to
is 14& inches around one way, and
1917 inches in circumference the 9th
err. 1t weighs a pound and five ounces
and was raised in Mr.. Crenshaw's gar
den. Some of the vines in that garden
have grown to a height of about seven
feet. - Fulton Gazette.
A Wise Chicken.
According to the Centralia Fireside
Guard, Jack Jennings, Of near Contra
liza, is the owner of a very wise Light
Brahma chicken. The chicken loafs
around the bee hive and pounces on
the drones and eats them. It is too
wise, either from experience or in
stinctively, to pick on the bees, but
watches until it spots a drone, grabs
it and runs out Of range Of the work
ers while it devours its prize and then
returns for another.
Mr.. Jennings hopes to produce more
Of these drone eating chickens and
sell them for a good price to apairy
owners.
Bob Dye, south of Paris, bought 5
head of mules from Geo. Watterson.
Saturday for the Hutchinson Mule Co.
of New Orleans. They were all mares
ard 1920 a head was the price. -
Paris Appeal.
Bees Tie Up Traffic.
MOUNT VERNON, ILL.,, July 81
Traffic was held up on the Wabash,
Chester and Western Railroad here
yesterday for some time on account of
a large swarm of bees alighting on a
switch stand at the connection Of the
Wabash, Chester and Western and
! Louisville and Nashville road. The
bees were finally hived and traffic
was resumed.
WAR PRISONERS AID HARVEST.
BERLIN, July q. :. In these days,
when the harvesting of the crops has
become general, prisoners of war are
to be sent to work in fields through
out Germany. But the farmers are
still clamoring for more hands.
The newspaper shows that the state
allows the farmer approximately fif-
teen cents a day for each prisoner OF
war and soldier who acts as guard.
In most cases the guard takes part in
the harvesting, the prisoners giving
their word to make no attempt to
escape.
, The farmers pay the prisoners sew
, en- cents daily in wages, although they
would ordinarily pay seventy-five
, cents for the same work. The Tage'
r blatt figures the number of prisoners
/, engaged in harvesting at about Y
i. million men, which means a daily ex'
, penditure to the government of SIP,
900, or more than 40 million dollars {
year.
A recognition of forty years spen
in its service, Fred Watkins, of Mar
E tinsburg, has received from the Wa
, bash a life pass for himself and wife
A Maryville woman is credited will
a TIE record drove of young turkeys TO.
Nodaway county. She is able to coun
800 fowls at feeding time.
: Eight dollars and eighty-four cent
in stamps was on a package F. E. Cor
: nelius of Maysville mailed the othe
day to his son who is in Alaska. TIL