Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-31

he was 10 years Of age. His father
give MIN a three year old FLY in
1865.
NO MORE SPRING DUCK SHOOT
NEW YORK, August "a. - Spring
duck killing in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri.
Nebraska and Kansas hereafter win
be prohibited 1t is announced by the
Federal Advisory Committee to the
Department of Agriculture, which for
some time has been holding hearings
in this city.
Sportsmen all over the country, Il
was said, have been up in arms be-
cause a concession was recommended
which gave hunters of these states 4
special fall shooting season with ad
ditional spring shooting season last
ing from Feb, 10 to March 10.
Every other state received, under
the recommendations, a single open
season, with spring shooting barred.
Melons Profits Exceeds Wheat.
CHARLESTON, Mo, August 25.--
This season has furnished a basis for
comparison between the wheat and
watermelon crops and in Mississippi
county the melon growers have pro-
duced the better results. On the farm
of W. A. 0givia go acres of wheat
and Is acres of melons were harvest
ed. The yield of wheat sold for
about $3.50, while the melons sold for
5000, with several w~agonIoads yet to
be gathered. The same ratio pre-
vailed on other farms.
Raising cattle, horses, mules and
hogs in Cuba properly may be CLASH
fed among the hghrest of light cccu-
pations, says Robrt BABYLON, in Sun
days st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Stock raisers of the Western and
Northwestern States must provide
grain and hay for their animals &c
subsist on through the winter. To
be successful he must also build
shelters to protect them from bliz.
yards and "northers." The Cuban
stoekman has nothing of this sort to
worry him. He knows that for 1856
days each year there will be abund.
ance of green grass for his stock 10
feed on and that the weather never
will be so cold that shelter Is needed
The two standard grasses Of CUBA
are the guinea and parana, each
growing luxuriaat'y ard possessing
the best fattenmg qualities.
At the governments experiments
farm at Santiago las Vegas, tifteer
miles from Havana, | felt sure | hat
met home folk when /. handsome biact
saddle horse was led out from his bCs
stall. The s%upposition was correct
for she was a member of Missouri
Black Squirrel family, and came from
Audrain county.
So far the Cubans have not gone
into the breeding of race horses ex.
tensively, but the annual race meet
ing in Havana has given them al
idea, and some of the race horses left
behind after the long meeting of last
winter will be used as the foundation
for breeding farms.
MO. BEEvEs TOP AT $9.15.
A string of steers conditioned By
Brown & Harrison, of Audain III
ty, Mo-, were disposed of Monday ot
the st. Louis market at $9.15, the tor
Of the market. There were SO head
that averaged 1176 pounds and solo
to Swift & Co. Both Mr.. Brown and
Harrison accompanied the shipmen,
to market.
1.-THE cattle made us money" said
M. A.. Brown to a Reporter representa-.
tive. II bought them Las. Januar,
i
and wintered them up until the 2Otr
Of April on silage and corn fodder
Then commenced with d ration Of
shelled corn and Champion molassoa
feed. They gained fairly we'll, I was
rather surprised to learn that W.
topped the market today, as | did MOI
feed these cattle with the intentions
of making them toppers," Liv+
Stock Reporter.