Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-18

$500 mule ring at the Columbia Fair
Thursday and C. Ratkin, of Hatton,
Galloway county, won first prize. The
total value of the mules entered was
estimated at $4,000.
W. o. Smith is home from the greas
swine show at Omaha. His yearling
Duroc-Jersey boar which took first
prize at the Missouri State Fair, cap
tured fifth place at Omaha, which was
two places above the winners Of the
Grand Championship show in Illinois.
While Mr.. Smith sold this boar 10
|. w. Murphy, of Dearborn, Mo-, and
purchased a fine boar from Will Reed,
of Rose Hill, Iowa. The prices for
the sale and purchase were not man,
ed. Mr.. Smith is a member of the
firm of Smith Bros, of near Cant,
this county.
The Fletcher Sims & Considine sale
at. the home of Fletcher Sims, south
west of this city Tuesday totalled $13,-
357.85. 1t was one of the largest
ever witnessed in this section. More
than five hundred head of live stock
were sold. There were II head of
hogs. Shoats brought from $40 to
S25 a head. Sows, with filters Of
small pigs, sold from s39 to $4,000.
Nearly four hundred breeding ewes
brought prices ranging from $12 to
$22.75. Bucks sold from S22 to 1872.
Mules sold from S155 to s4S5 a pair,
the top prices being paid by j. B.
Rutter for a pair of mares.
J. G. Wagner, of northeast of town
is quoted as authority for the state
ment that he has a hen on his farm
that is mothering a lot of kittens.
According to the story, n of his fine
hens seemed possessed with a desire
to "set" in the Manager at his barn.
but as it is getting a little late he
kept all the eggs from her in an en-
deavor to "break her up" Shortly \
bunch of kittens appeared in the barn
close to the clucking, anxious hen and
she Immediately assumed charge of
them. She covers them with her
wings and body in order to shield
them from the chilly autumn winds
and furiously repels all threatened
invasion of fowls and animals about
the barn yard. - Centralia Courier
Tom Fields, near Pleasant Hill, re.
fused S55 an acre for a 10-acre field
of corn last Friday, the gathering ant
hauling to be done by the purchaser
The offer was made by James R,
Phillips. Fields estimates the yielt
of this piece at 60 bushels to the acre
He also states that the amount of
fered per acre was exactly what h
paid for the land. - Paris Appeal.
The Willingham sale which was hel,
in Ben Middleton's barn Saturday
October 18th, was well attended
Eighteen cows we're sold and brough
from $50 to 500 each.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Oct. 10. =
The Kansas City stock yards estab
lished a worlds record for cattle re
ceipts in the week which has jus
ended, according to an announcement
made by officials. The receipts 70
the week totaled 10O,504 head o
cattle and 1O,690 calves.
The worlds previous record wa
95,524 head, made at the Chicag
stock yards in 1891. The best previ
Gus record for the Kansas City yard
is 95,29s head.
Mason & Blackwell, big feeders an
shippers from Audrain county, Mo
sent in go steers Monday that sold 70
$11.s5. The cattle were good weight
steers weighing 1900 lbs. They wer
purchased from Wheeler Cant, a feed
er of considerable reputation Of Cal
laway county, Mo. They were fed al
summer on the grass and were give
Ralston's Purina Molasses feed. Tn
beauty about the feeding was thn
the steers had not gotten a single ca
of corn. The gain in weight was eX
ceptional. - Live Stock Reporter.