Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-09-14
Horse Kills a Farmer.


with their sales today. - Live Stock
Reporter.
Horse Kills a Farmer.
FULTON, No, Sept s. - Hugh
Spencer, a wealthy farmer, while haul
ing hay al his home near Tebbets, late
yesterday, fell of the wagon and was
kicked to death by one Of the horses.
Spencer was reputed to be worth
$4,000.
MORE CATTLE IN KANSAS.
TOPEKA, Sept. 9. Kansas had
26s.000 more cattle March l Of this
year than on the same date of 1915.
Assessors reports, as compiled by
Secretary Mohler, show 2,1S7,723 cat
tie, not including mich cows, on that
date, the largest number since 1903,
though much below the maximum rec
ord Of 2,757, SAP in 1904. Butler coun-
ty has more thar any other, 54.29i;
Cowley is next with 4s,Oi9, and Bar
Der third, 1882.
Owing to this years drouth and
shortage in corn. il is likely that the
number Of cattle in the state will
show a substantial reduction by the
time the next count is taken by the
assessors.
x. X. Buckner Buys -Four Mules.
The Fulton State Hospital sold 4
mare mules Monday to R. R. Buckner
Of Mexico for $1,000 and DR.. NJ. O..
Biggs declared after the sale that they
were four of the best mules that he
had seen in many a day. They were
nine years old, one pair having been
at the hospital for three years and the
other pair four years. The reason
that they were sold was the fact that
they are getting up in years and
the younger stock was desired. And
besides, the best possible price could
be secured for them just now. They
will be shipped by Mr.. Buckner to
one of the central markets with other
mules that he has ready to go. - Full
ton Sun.
HOLD GRAIN FOR TOP PRICE
TOPEKA, Sept. 9. - Hundreds Of
western Kansas farmers, who have
lifted the mortgages from their
homes, are now playing ever with the
grain market manipulators. They are
holding their grain for top prices and
sell only when their judgment tells
them to let loose. Millions of BUSH
els of grain are stored in Kansas and
almost every day some story reaches
]. c. Mohler, secretary of the State
Board Of Agriculture, concerning the
long profits claimed by Kansas farm
ers.
Corn grown in Kansas in 1915 was
apparently all sold. But this week
J. c. Mohler received a letter from
Clyde w. Miller, of Mahaska, Wash.
ington county, in which he stated tina,
he was just delivering $500 bushels
Of corn produced on his farm last year
There is a tremendous demand for the
old corn and Miller's little reserve
supply Of feed is worth 90 cents a
bushel, or slightly more than $500
SELECT SEED CORN NOW
One Of the most profitable things
a farmers club a do at this tim,
Of the year, according to W. H. Baker
Of the college Of agriculture of h.
University Of Missouri, is t. provid,
a supply Of reliable seed corn for mex
years planting. Most Of the suppl,
may usually be secured by intelligerr
field selection from the best fields II
the community before the time OF
the early freezes, says Mr.. Baker
As soon as selected the corn should b,
stored in racks in such a way as IL
secure rapid and thorough drying.
Experimental work along this line
shows that the yield Of corn NAV
be increased 5 to 10 per cent by early
field selection and careful storage Of
the seed as compared with the ordin.
airy method Of crib selection in the
spring. twenty-five corn growers
constituting a farmers club in any
good corr section of Missouri may
easily raise a fifty thousand busheI
corn crop under average conditions.
A 5 per cent increase Of this cron
would be worth at least fifteen hun
dred dollars or sky dollars PEI man.
"Why not have a seed corl day