Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-06-01
LOCAL MARKET.

aA4ZA - t. GAHAh@ - sEa E
ers and farmers Of Audrain county
again distinguished themselves b
topping the clipped lamb market with
Of I55 head Of Misouri-fed western
lambs averaging - pounds that SOLE
for sII.O0. The judge rarely misses
the top-SL Louis Live Stock Re
parter, May -, 1916.
According to J +. Llewellyn, U. s
Weather Observer in this city, Thurs
day. May % was the hottest day 81
the year. The temperature was 81
degrees.
l. Aherus mas purchased a Nation
al oil Engine and will use the same
for farm work. The engine weighs
5000 pounds and viii be used to drae
the roads with this week-Martins'
burg Oracle.
c. D. Crow, Harve Ball, Ike John
son and Fields Waller, Monroe county
stockmen, report that they lost 40C
lambs in q recent storm on then
'ranchea near Roswell, Nam.
Vim Taylor, a farmer nea Elston
Cole county, has developed a zinc mine
on his farm which he believes viii
pan out well. He has already re
moved several hundred pounds Of ros.
in jack.
Tip McClintic, a prominent stock.
man died at Mmfcsty edi:1o: 10y
man and farmer, died at Monroe Cit!
May IS, aged 10 years. He was a.
ext Confederate soldier, serving undel
General Lee and probably vas th'
best known mar in Monroe County.
W. NJ. Cook, farm adviser of Car
roll county, has resigned to accept al
appointment by the United States De
partment of Agriculture, and will as
sumo his duties in Washington, Jul!
LIST.
Missouri will have an average appl,
crop this year, according to the lates
reports. But peaches will be scarce
if there are any at all, except in tn
Ozark region. Strawberries will b
plentiful all over the state.
Stark Bros. Nursery at LouisianI
has sent out by parcel post this sea
son enough nursery stock to max
seven car loads.
James Harrison of the commissioi
firm of Fry, Hanna & Harrison
National Stock Yards, ILL.,, was il
Mexico this week on a visit to friend
and relatives.
A HOG SOLD FOR $62.40
In a a load of Missouri hogs a
the stock yards Thursday was a SOY
weighing GAO pounds that sold a
s0.75 a hundred pounds, or $62.4t
Owing to her weight this hog brough
three times as much as one of avei
age weight.
The top price, $9.s7h, was pal
for hogs weighing 26O to $50 pound
and is the highest price ever paid II
hogs in the month of May. In 1911
when the previous high record pri,
es were established, the May top WI
~$9.67h.-Kansas City Times.
DIR. Biggs Enters Horses for Show
DR.. o. NJ. Biggs, superintendel
of the Fulton State Hospital, has
pair of driving horses entered in Sc
eral events at the commencemI
horse show in Columbia next wee
One is entered in the single roadst
class, in the single harness class, al
as a lady's driving horse. AS pal
they are entered in roadster and ha
ness classes and also as a lady's dri
ing team. They are also entered
the light harness class.
Mrs. Martin Hamilton of this eli
] has her driving horse, Dan Pat e
tered in the roadster class.-Fultt
Gazette.
The Jasper properly on the Boul
ward was sold at auction Saturds
afternoon for $1,000. S. NJ. Locl
purchased it. The property consist
of four lots and a house.
R. R. Buckner attended the b
horse show at Columbia this week.
CAN'T GET ENOUGH HORSES
C. 7. Jones, general manager Of Il
National Stock Yards, announced t
day that 205, 492 horses and So
mules had been purchased at Il
stockyards by the allies since the w
started. The estimate average pri
is $3.50 a head for horses and $3.50 +
mules, making a total Of 1877, 1884
British, French, and Belgians t
gether bought 1924 horses and s
mules at the yards last week. II
scarcity of the animals is illustrate
by the fact that the British aloI
would take 1000 head a week if tn
were available.
The present price is much high
than the average, the commission m,
themselves 10Y paying from stS5
5000 a head for horses which they 81
to the allies at a profit.-Post-Di
patch.
24-YEAR-OLD TEAM
Samuel Sydenstricker of this cou
ty, who died at his home near NJ
Hope Church recently, left a team
horses "a years old. They are st
. good for a days work and are c
! ~cellent evidence of what the prop
care Of horses will mean to the
longevity.
They are offered for sale at t
administrators sale of Mr.. Syde
stricker's estate, June seventh. N
~Sydenstricker raised them, bro
them to work and they have be
faithful and out-lived their master.