Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-06-07


couple q fine balls. The Hozpiia
q Fztaa azs one q the finest herd
: q Hslssns IN the Sate.
Hsmlltoz Brus.. Of the Blne Graz
Stsek Fz-u, sgzth q Mexico, wsr
a z AUxTssss a s5oEt while Friday Al
- srBosn and took hone three goo.
jaeks that had been delivered to thea
= here They purchased one from J
5 P. Ar1od near Williamsburg: ca
E fra Wonack Bros. hear Fulton an,
-sas frvz . Ia living near Earl. -
D AUTvzsss Review.
yosz Il Turner. uue and oae-hal!
niles southeast q Aurvzsse, deIfv.
erred this week 70 Lee Bros, Mexiea
> spleadls draft horse, Prince. fol
sS5. Mr. Turner bought the horss
several years ago FROM J. c. Miles
< Sons. ~Punce was shown as q
draft exit a several street fairs and
EAE = premium Sinng. - Fulton Ca
Us11s.
With I1s heavy wind storm We'd
nss1sy evening the rainfall n Mexico
Enas Taesdzy reached the point Of
Lie inches. This brings the total
for this week 70 30 inches.
OPPOSES SALE OF CALVES
LOUISVILLE Ky. June l.
FEDERAL legislation to prohibit the
marketing Ct immature live stock was
urged by Ger. John B. Castlemzn. Of
Louisville, president q the American
Saddle Horse Breeders Association.
IL . EtzteEszt here. He suggested
that THIS Legislation could be enacted
under either the welfare clause Of
the Constitution o. BY expansion Of
the powers Of the Interstate Commerce
CCnmission TO prohibit their ship
neut in any form.
BE quoted from statistics 10 show
that annually, I8.s5s.ssG cattle, g.
sg2 4s2 calves, 5I.245,7& hogs, IT,
OF 9s pigs, 22Z2,l36 sheep and T.
740,Ti2 lambs, with a combined weight
q 50,2ls9 s5.IO8 pounds. are slaagn-
tered and that the total would be in
creased By s,28,O59.OO9 pounds If
the farmers would keep their calves,
lambs and pigs 70 maturity.
Thus" said Gen. Castiemzn, "the
farmers added contribution to the
meat supply would be an average Of
about 50 pounds per capita and he
would help to destroy excuse for spec
u~lative robbery in foodstuffs.
z. J. Sims, one Of the foremost
citizens and sheep feeders Of Audrain
County, No. had the distinction Of
topping the clipped lamb market On
thursday, his consignment consisting
Of l54 head Of fed westerns, that were
good enough to bring sl5.I5 per cwt,
which price "a the top Of the mar
ket. Mr.. Sims accompanied the
men who came with the lambs
and was well pleased with the way
his shipment was handled on this
market, and the price they brought.
st. Louis Live Stock Reporter.
Jake Buckner and John Hunt. five
miles northeast Of Auxvasge, are
%contrating wool and have purchased
the clip from a number Of flocke
in their community.
Horace Mundy & Son sold a car load
Of heifers and steers on the st. Louis
market this week for s11.5O. They
averaged SIS lbs.
A. B. Weilder & Son, residing 6
south Of this city, sold a load Of
lambs on the st. Louis market
Wednesday for S15 so. They aver
aged rs lbs.
DR.. NJ. o. Biggs, Superintendent
Hospital No. l, at Fulton, Mo-, and
r. Taylor, President Of the Board
Of Managers, are home from the an
nual sale Of registered Holstein cat
at Waukesha, Wisconsin, and
bought registered Holsteins, |
1920; two bulls, n for
$40 and the other a young bull, 800;
also five heifers, ranging in price
from $3.50 to $3.50. While the Hos
pital at Fulton has a fine herd Of Hol-
stems, the idea is to build up a reg
istered herd that will be one of the
very best in the United States.
The Importance of a Holstein herd at
the Hospital is the amount Of good
milk given for the use of the patients;
and experts say there are no better
milk COWS than registered Holsteins
Col. j. T. johnson, Of Mexico, on
Friday had in a string Of his clipped
western lambs from Audrain county,
Mo-, TAB head, that averaged II lbs.
and they sold at sl4. so, which was
the top Of clipped lambs with the ex-
of one deck that sold for
$14.65. - st. Louis Live Stock Re-
Lester Miller recently shipped a
pure bred male calf from his milk
ing Shorthorn herd, to Macon, Mo.
The calf was only a few weeks old,
and sold for $50. Mr.. Miller's Short
horn calves are in great demand
Throughout the State.
Potatoes Spoil on Side Track
CHICAGO, ILL.,, June s.. Govern
ment Investigators into the reasons
high priced coal in Illinois recent
iy discovered fifteen carr loaded with |,
potatoes on a siding close to a coal |,
mine near Seatonville, Ill. From the
condition Of the potatoes the %investi-
concluded they had been left :
on the siding TO spoil while high prices ,
were being maintained in Chicago.
investigation Of the food situation
will continue before the June Grand
Jury. Some of the egg dealers IN