Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-05-17
NATIONAL LIVE Stock
COMMISSION COMPANY.

When a representative Of the Repor-
ter entered the sheep house Tuesday
to inquiree as to the condition Of the
market, he heard above the bleating
Of the sheep loud and continued laugh
ter. As he neared the scale house
where the sheep are weighed he saw
that the laughter, which continued,
came from Col. j. T. johnson, n
well known farmer and stockman Of
Audrain County, No. He asked the
colonel what was the matter and II he
had heard a funny story, and the colo
mel replied hat he had, and that it was
the funniest story that he ever heard.
Our representative said tkat he would
/ { very much to hear it. The colo
mel said: "Wait until / get a little
Liore calm and ! will tell you about
it.
This story may not appear SO fun
ny to you as it does to me-" the colo
mel remarked, before commencing.
"But | hope that you will appreciate
it. l had in a string of 300 head Of
clipped Western lambs of my own
feeding and my salesman has just in
formed ME that they were sold. These
lambs weighed rs lbs, which is at
least 4 lbs. more than I was expect
inv and that, of course, was enough
to make me smile, but when he said
that he had sold them at $l6.25 per
hundred made him say it over three
or four times to max. me sure that
he did not have his figures mixed a
IL, and then | let out one big whoop
an have been keeping it up EVER
since. In fact, | can't stop, and it's
doubtful if will be able to restrain
myself all day and then when | get
back home and tell the boys about it
will go through it all again, and then
there is my wife and the children 10
tel, and that will be the best Of all
The colonel has close to 5000 more
Of these lambs which he expects to
market within the next four weeks.
his sale Tuesday is giving him a
chance to speculate. as to what the
others will bring. These lambs were
purchased last fall, at which time
they weighed 40 lbs. They were fed
on straight corn and timothy and GLOW.
er hay and they certainly made a good
gain, almost doubling their weight.
Il neve saw lambs do better" re.
marked the colonel, "but they had the
very best Of attention, and hat IL
what it takes to make good fat lambs
OF any other kind of stock. That is
the whole story, and do you wonder
or blame me for not being abIe n
control myself? Please excuse mo
until ! laugh some more" Our rem.
resentative turned away and az bo
left the sheep house he could bear
the colonel still laughing.
Colonel Johnson is the largest LAND
owner in Audrain county, having .
900 acres, and every acre a good one
The colonel is known far and wide a.
al auctioneer and cries sales all over
tne state, and very frequently in other
states. He has been feeding lamb.
Tor a good number of years and claim.
IL TO be the most profitable business
a farmer can take up.
Colonel johnson has fed 3.OOo had
OF lambs this year, the most he e,,ar
handled in any n season. All to,d
'he most he ever handled in anv oro
season. All told, W. W. .Jobrsou
ano johnson Bros. have placed Il.
wv lambs in Audrain county the nast
alnter and SO far the johnson lambs,
ave topped the market every tir"o
,hey have been in. Col. ]. r John
,on Sald his lambs cost him $40 per
lad down in the lots. Tbev
reared wool that sold at $3.50 nor
a making the net cost Of Inc lorrL.
Isn' at $500 a head. The sborD
afhos ne sold here Tuesday oro.o.a
av. T h per head. The colonel
"ys ne has lost fewer lambs mi.
ease, sason by dog raids than for manv
ears. lie states, however, that tbs
,Os nuisance is one that the sboas
a'SerS and farmers of Missouri onot,
2 sec curbed effectively or elao aho,
,"Su' The colonel states that An.
o rI nm county ,hr sheep feeders have sold
'''O' Ids Oh wool this season NJ rn.