Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1916-08-24

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Elmer Gatewood, out Skinner
way, sold 15 head of 200 pound hogs
Monday to Ben Outright at $1O.25.
AS per our Skinner correspondent,
Charlie Meyer delivered 81 head of
2OO-pound porkers to Wheeler Cant
at Thompson at $1O.15 per.
p. T. Bruce delivered to w. T.
Hodge last week 35 215 pound pork
ers. good enough to bring the top.
H. L. Weaver sold NJ. H. Patterson
of Mexico three mules Tor s465.
Mrs. Chas. Hickman, 5 miles south
east of Mexico, will have public
sale next Wednesday. Thirteen head
of cattle and.7 horses among the off
erings.
Mrs. G. w. Blzea, two miles south
east of Long Branch Store, will have
an Administratrix' Sale next Tues
day, August 20.
Charlie Dean, says our Champ
Chimes, went to Iowa last week and
and bought 26 head OF mules.
Albert Price. southeast of Mexico,
sold 40 head of fine work mules to
Galloway county parties last FridGv.
Elisha Hcdden,who lives two miles
over the line in Monroe county from
Molino. was in to see the Message
Tuesday. He reports everything on
the farms over his way as looking
very fine since the late big rains.
The commercial club at Fulton Of
fers $50 as a special corn premium
at the Fulton street fair.
We hope to see two Audrain coun-
ty boys get that free week at Missouri
State Fair. Come to Mexico Satur-
day and take the test before Mr..
Johnson and enjoy a trip you will
not forget the longest day you live.
ThOd Boulware, oU: beyond Mo-
limo, was in Mexico Thursday. He
tells us that Mrs. G. w. Elzea, of his
neighborhood. thinks of leaving the
farm and moving to Mexico. Mr.. Ella
yea died recently.
Fifty-six oil and gasoline burning
farm tractors plowed 100 acres on
the Charles E. Champ farm on
Brown road near Clinton road, St.
Louis county, in two hours and fif-
teen minutes as a part of the St
Louis Tractor Farming Demonstra-
tion at Kinloch Park. A man with
an ordinary plow and horse would
take several weeks to do the same
amount of work, il is estimated.
About 5000 persons, mostly farm
ers, witnessed the demonstration.
Many of the tractors drew as many
as six plows. And several of the
smaller machines were used to draw
disks. harrows and drags.
Have you moved those weeds?
Then your farm is worth more and
you are better neighbor and a bet
ter citizen than If you hadn't Ev.
eryone thinks more of the farmer
and farm If he sees the weeds neatly
moved as he drives along we'll
dragged road. AS he passes the END
of the line fence he sees fenc,
row, not weed row, and the same is
true of the cross fence,
Whole tomatoes, green peppers
spinach, and corn on the cob ever!
day next winter! Doesn't thI
thought suggest a PHEASANT depar
ture from too much meat in the diet
Every woman on the farmland tn,
men will not forget to help too
t should can surplus fruits and veBe
ables during the summer months
for winter use, says Miss Addie u
Root OF the Missouri College of Ag
rioulture. BY so doing, the cost o
valuable food win be decrease,
and meals during tho winter will b
made more appetizing, Fruits an,
e vegetables give variety 10 the die
a and supply certain food material
0 which are necessary to maintain
= health, They do not leave us /
: need OF a spring tonic.
r FOR SALE.
{ Two heifer calves. One full bloc