Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28

ears Of corn, and as an additional prize
there will be the trophy of the Corn
Producers Association. The best sin
gle ear will receive $50 in premiums.
Premiums worth $500 will be
awarded to boys and young men who
send in corn entries.
Prizes will be given to growers of
wheat, oats, soy beans, COW peas,
clover and timothy.
More than 1000 persons are expect
ed to attend.
c. H. Faddis, of s miles north
east of town, was here the last of
the week and informed the Courier
that he has raised some rafting good
corn this time. The IS acres planted
to corn produced IS bushels per acre.
Mr.. Faddis is not only a splendid far
mer, but he has become prominent
as Bsstock raiser. He is feeding z
head of dandy good calves. - Gen.
tralia Courier.
C. E. Duff, of near Thompson, plant
ed 10 acres of corn last spring and
has just finished gathering. His
corn averaged something like 5 bar
rels per acre. Mr.. Duff is a splendid
farmer and believes in fall blowing.
He has plowed a good many acres
this fall and has some more to break
if the weather permits.
A. c. Ball, otherwise known as
Bin, reports that his wife sold IS
White Holland turkeys this week. At
23c a pound they brought sl77.5s.-
Paris Appeal.
George Lee, Of Mexico, was here
Saturday at the w. L. Green & Sons
mule barn, and purchased IA head Of
rattling good horses from the farm
ers Of this section. Some fancy pric-
es were paid for almost If not all of
the animals. Lee Bros. are exception
ally good judges of horseflesh and
they are continually in the market for
good sound horses. = Centralia Cou-
rier.
Lee Bros. shipped a Shetland pony
by express this week to Havana, Gu
ba. The purchaser was Godfrey
Preece, well known here, who is win
tering in that city.
L. E. Vim, of south of Cant, pur-
chased 400 bushels of corn of A. E.
Ingram the past week at rs cents per
busheL.
j. D. Underwood and son shipped 2
car loads of hogs through this city to
st. Louis Thursday night. One of
them promised to top the market.
A. c. Wunderlich, immigration agent
for the Northern Pacific Railway, was
in this city Friday, arranging for a
grain exhibit which will be shown in
Mexico on January Is to 20.
w. D. Lee is buying horses at La
Plata, Mo. He bought IS at Kinks
vile Thursday.
T. H. Mildred, of near Cant, sold
Ben Outright, rs hogs the past week,
weight 1876 pounds, price 1925 per
hundred.
There is a farmer living two and a
half miles east of Benton City, who
has eighty acres Of cor this year
that will average forty bushels an
acre. He is very modest about his
success, and asks US not to give his
name; but the facts are true just the
same. Three thousand bushels Of this
corn has been sold at $1.00 a bushel;
corn is to. be taken from his place
next summer. He don't even have to
deliver it. That makes forty dollars
an acre for his corn crop, which is
going some.
Twenty-Five years ago this same mar
sold 1000 bushels Of corn, at 15c a
bushel, which shows to some extent
the big advance in farm products.
Fred Roberts, a well known shipper
to this market from Mexico, Mo, was
represented on this market late Fri
day with a car of 229 lb. hogs which
brought s10.55. Mr.. Roberts ex-
pressed himself as being more than
pleased in receiving the top Of the
market for his hogs, in view Of the
fact that his hogs had to sell in tn
last market, which was 10c lower
than early. Mr.. Roberts is a fire.
quent shipper to this market and one
who always pulls for st. Louis. - St.
Louis Live Stock Reporter.
John w. Greed, one-half mile north
west of Auxvasse, sold 7 two-year-
old steers Wednesday to Robert
Moore, four miles west Of Hatton.
The cattle averaged 1910 pounds
and sold at 8 cents a pound.
Nine and one-half cents a pound d
the price that Irwin Maddox, east ID
McCredie, received for twenty. zoo
pound hogs that he delivered TO I'm
derwood & Son, at Mccredie, Thurs-
day.
Samuel S. Harrison, four miles east
of A~uxvasse, is feeding seventy-six
head of large beeves. Mr.. Harrison