Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-11-29

averaged 1o7S pounds ana cost
sl0S2s per head or = total Of s.
64s.7n = Ceutralia Courier.
The division q The prizes at the
Mexico Poultry Association show is
6S0 and nhbon.
TIE Ledger is glad to note that the
people Of Aaarain are taking more in
tereS in the chicken and poultry pro-
duets Dairy and poultry products
mean cash mOncy. and thousands and
thousands q 5asz IN cash are
b-cGght into AS5-ain every year, snd
via the proper organization and CO.
operatioa the resai;s might be dCuhl-
n o. treAleA
ne rArrasr' Cab and the Ladies'
Wiling WORKERS Cub Of the Burn
han district. ro-tA q town. have de-
S5eS upoa 4 p,Aa 20 nd the comma
aiy e al pests saeh as rats mice,
sp1rrowS sh5eks- hawks Sides VIII
h sANssz a.a ~ ones who r in at
~ -asx, 5eArs vil he treated to a
~ oyster x=gr- by the losers, the
rrr~ q whsk sill he gwen to the
v n & A. CsagrNIa Courier
J T. Sssu reports his navy bean
.cre7 Frsm avg1 acres making los
~ He s11s s1n fer SO a bu.
Carter 4 Bs-alTs dissolution sale
nzrzy a. Lassorsa ;ota1ed sl0,-
81. re sle was vel attended and
saccsss
San Carr, wo sEns a big farm
q a Az3rzmCalswzy line and
rsne a A-gs &-szge in addition,
Vas a rcr n Fulton Thursday, and
reported sAzs h had raised 10000
bzsAsk a o- this year, says the
Fult1n Sun I--lz3ed in that is about
1859 e tested eed corn and Mr..
Carr vii sell Rbaz, 500 bushels of ii.
II eozzsso- with his corn raising
he relates kow ha has experimented
with coz peas during the past eight
years with u1ch success His seed
cora hzS been raised on land in
which Gov peas we're sown the previ-
ous years ard be finds that the seed
is fuller, healthier locking and ge-mi-
mates better than seed grown on any
other kind Of land. Mr.. Carr says
that land treated in that manner will
produce twice as well as that on which
clover was raised, altho both are of
the same family. He explains this by
the fact of the nitrogen-absorb;ng
qualities Of the COW peas.
Mr.. Carr started his farm opera
tons by purchasing an So-scre place.
He now owns 24O acres and with what
he has rented has $50 acres that he
takes care Of. Five grown boys aid
him and he has another boy who will
be ready to 20 into the fields next
year, so hat he will be able TO do his
agricultural "bit" for his country,
Mr.. Carr started growing seed corn
by purchasing some Of the best yell
low Dent he could get. He says it was
a wise move for the corn he now is
selling for seed is bringing him IS a
bushel and he can not always fill the
orders that he gets. Mr.. Carr has
been located on his present farm for
IA years.
Patterson e. Tincher, near Hatton,
shipped a ear of % Hereford steers
from Auxvasse, Wednesday, that they
bought from Robert Moore, near Hat
ton. The cattle averaged 1,160 pounds
and cost the shippers s11.9O a hundred.
John w. Greed, one-half mile
northwest of Auxvasse, bought II
steers Wednesday from Sam Carr &
Sons, northwest of Hatton. The
steers were taken to Auxvasse for
shipment, but were sold to Mr.. Greed
before time for consignment. The
cattle averaged 900 pounds and cost
Mr.. Greed S9.75 a hundred.
Harry Henderson of Auxvasse, sold
a car load of mules on Thursday to a
| st. Louis firm at 1926 around. 1t is
the third load Mr.. Henderson has fed
this fall and winter and his profits on
them have been in the n~eighborhood
Of $40 a head. Part Of the load he
sold Thursday had been on feed only
two weeks. None of the three loads
had been on feed more than a month.
He also contracted 10 head of hogs to
go at SIT a hundred.
CaIIauaV Mulog Gold