Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-03-09

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Park Rodgers, near Santa Fe, av-
eraged 70 bushels Of corn to the acre
from 100 acres. He fed 100 hogs
that were sold during the holidays
and has $500 bushels in his pens.
Bob Smiley is feeding 100 head Of
big cattle. He raised a large crop Of
grain but is buying all the corn Of
fered for sale.
HEN ON MOVE MATCHES IL EGGS
Danville, H., March 3.-While en-
route from the home of II. n. Buch-
anan in Danville to q farm. where
Buchanan win live the coming year,
an old hen Matched out II chickens
from l6 eggs, disproving the theory
that eggs cannot be Matched If they
are moved after the hen has started
setting.
The wagon, with a load of furni-
ture, got stuck in the mud. Night
came on and it was necessary to leave
the wagon until next morning. The
old hen and the nest were among the
articles on the wagon and Wednesday
the eggs had been Matched.
FOR A HEREFORD BULL. $500.
Sixty-two Herefords sold at public
sale at the farm of 0yerton Harris &
Son, Harris Mo-, Wednesday for an
average of $3.50 a head, the record
for many years at a cattle salefof any
breed. Repeated SD, calved October
8, 1914. sold to a Colorado man for
$500, the record price this year for
a Hereford bull at a sale. Repeater
66th brought $1,000. j. 0. Southland
of Comisky, Kas., was the purchaser.
Repeater 65th brought $3.50.
Defenders Lassie, the highest priced
COW at the sale, went to a West Vir-
ginia buyer for s2.575. Miss Gay
Lad goth, a yearling heifer this month,
brought $500. Hereford breeders
from all parts Of the United States at
tended the sale.
CRosBY's STEERS BRING 5000.
F. L. Crosby, Of Audrain county,
Mo-, was on the st. Louis market
Thursday with a load of mixed breed
steers. that carried off the high hon
ors Of the day. The consignment con-
sisted Of 16 head Of Mr.. Crosby's own
feeding that tipped the scales at
1906 pounds and sold TO Swift & Co.,
at 5000 per cwt. The cattle we're
started on a feed Of corn, c~ottonseed
cake and clover hay about the mid
die Of October. They were full fed
for FIVE months, during which time
they made very good gains and we're
in excellent marketing condition.
The shipper, who is one Of Audrain
~county's most successful stockmen, IS
not only an extensive cattle feeder,
but also devotes a great deal Of his
time to the breeding Of horses. He Is
a good authority on the situation and
has quite often carried off the honors
with his stock-Live Stock Reporter.
Sidney McIlhaney is feeding 10G
head Of 2-year-old sheep that he
bought on the Omaha market in Dec
ember. He is preparing them for the
spring market.
Milt Householder, northwest d
Mexico is feding rs head Of big cat
tie. Two loads Of them will average
1900 pounds while the other at pres
ent is around the 1000 pound mark
He began feeding them the first o.
the year. He also has a load Of stock
ers on his farm and several othet
loads of miscellaneous stock.
! A record crowd, a record price for
pair of yearling mules, and rop-noteI
prices for all the mules were feature
of the annual Alex Carter and Som
, big mule sale held Thursday at tn
Carter farm north of Mexico,
j. H. Stumpf, of Benton City, wa
knocked off the fine pair Of bay sho'
mules at $40. The total sale
i amounted to over $4,000. Beside
this $1,000 worth Of mules were sol
; privately before the sale. Some Of tn
: prices were as follows: Lou TurneI
a bay 2 year old mar mules, s45C
/ J. W. Sims, iron grey mare mule
: $3.50; Joe Grady, brown and gre
mare mules, SAFE; Robert Dye, nigge
head mare mules, 1925; ]. L. Hoove.
mouse colored mules, 1886; B. r. MID
S dleton, mare mules, 1925; R. 7. Bake
mare mules, $3.50; Joe Paschani
: black mare mules, 1915; J. w. Sim
black mare mules, 1856; Wiley JOIN
son, mare mules, $500; Grover Dowel
~sorreI and brown horse mule, s19C
Riley Hodge, grey and brown 4 yes
5 old mules, $475; Wallace HolmaI
, black 3 year old mare mules, s357.5t
, Baker Barnes, Jr., 8 year old brow