Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-11-30

National Stock Yards
Hogs, 10000. 10 lower. top l0.l0.
Cattle, 5000, steady.
Sheep. 1890, steady.
r. Z. Biggs, Of the firm Of r. Z.
Biggs & Sons, three miles east of
Auxvasse, went to the St Louis mar
ket Monday with a a Of q toppy
baby beeves. The firm had been
feeding the beeves several months and
the stock was in fine condition The
steers were all native Shorthorns and
weighed an average Of 1000 pounds.
The firm has a bunch of aged cattle
on feed. - Fulton Gazette.
John W. MOseiey & Sons, five miles
northwest Of Auxvass, has thirty
five hogs eating full rations Of corn.
They are Of varying sizes and will
weigh from so to 200 pounds. Mr..
Moseley is harvesting his corn crop,
which is yielding from 80 to so BUSH
els an acre, In one field Of eighteen
acres where the white corn stood
timer on the ground, it yielded much
better than the yellow corn in the
same field. - Fulton Gazette.
Ernest Fagg, of north of town, was
here Saturday and informed the Cou-
rier that he has just commenced gath
ering his corn. He is a most success
full farmer and planted 55 acres Of
corn. Some of it will yield 80 or IS
bushels per acre. Mr.. Fagg is also
feeding a few hogs. - Centralia Cou-
rier.
L. C. Reed, a farmer and stockman
residing about five miles northwest of
Hatton, has purchased ten killing
hogs from n Of his neighbors, Bax-
ter Guthrie. The hogs weighen a lit
tie the rise of 4SO pounds and the
selling price was 10 cents per pound.
From the figures here given it is
plain to be seen that the filling for
Mr.. Reeds meat house this winter
will cost nearly $500. - Fulton Ga
zette.
Ernest Fagg, Of real Centralia, sold
Thurmond Chapman a nice calf the
past week for S45.
W. D. Lee bought thirty-one horses
for the Government, one at a time at
Higbee, Saturday. viii is some
buyer.
State Dairy Commissioner Bennett
organized a Calf Club with fifty-one
members at Monroe City last Friday.
A big meeting of dairy enthusiasts
was held during the afternoon, fol-
lowed by a banquet in the evening.
The three local banks agreed TO fl
nance the Calf Club and will authorize
the purchase of as many calves as it
can place, says the Paris Appeal. The
first order will be for about so. The
calves will be bought in the dairy dis
trict Of Wisconsin and will be dis
tributed to the boys and girls of the
Monroe City vicinity. Each calf will
be sold at cost, and the note of the
purchaser will be taken. At the end of
one year the animals will be sold at
public auction. All the proceeds above
the purchase price will go back to the
boys and girls who have handled the
calves. Three prizes of SIS, $40 and
IS will be paid to those whose calves
are in the best condition at the time
of the sale. Fifty-three applicants
were received OF Friday. A similar
club, it is reported, will be organized
at Shelbina. The state commission
er hopes to organize in every county
the state. He figures that 100 heifer
calves thus distributed and kept in a
community for ten years, if regular
ly bred and well cared for, will in
crease to about 1000, from which
profits Of at least $125, 900 should be
realized.
f. p. Johnson in st. Louis.
E. P. Johnson, of Audrain county,
Mo, states that it was his belief that
fat cattle are going to be scarce. He
did say, however, that there is plen-
ty Of money in the country and farm
ers in general were better fixed than
they have been for the past couple Of
years. High corn is the only thing
that is going to hold them back, &C.
cording to his belief. st. Louis
Live Stock Reporter.
James Buford, Of Paris, is working
the splendid three year old stallion
Whirlwind Rex, owned by MCGOWAN
Bros, Of Centralia. This is said TO be
'ne of the finest youngsters by Rex
Mcdonald now in Missouri. Buford, II
is said, is making wonderful progress
with the filly, Katherine Farmer
which is owned by ". w. Cfosswhite
of Clark, Mo. - Paris Mercury.
A man named Fennewald, of Au-
drain county, passed through Aug
vase Thursday afternoon with a
bunch of about sixty aged steers,
which he had purchased near McCre-
die from a Maries county stockman
at $3.50 a hundred. Fulton Ca
zette.
John Yates, an Auxvasse stockman.
is kept busy on his farm these davs.
Tor he is giving 100 mules and fifty
cattle a fattening feed. Fulton Ga
zette.
j Farmer Told to Raise Sheep.
WlNoNA, Mo-, Nov. q. A
weeks campaign by the State Board
OF Agriculture to arouse interest
among farmers in Shannon and adj.
joining counties in the raising of more
sheep and poultry and increasing tho