Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-05-31
LIVE STOCK
COMMISSION COMPANY.

VIM Bros vel known farmers
and stackmgn u Adrian Comfy. No.
had II zn9ther shipment q thar
Western clipped lambs Wednesday
and theF realized 2 price for them
thai WIS EE- above any expectations
lhey aE had. The shipment Of
Izrfs consisted q Isl head and they
averaged 50 lbs. and sold al the rec
ord price q sI7.D9. No day before in
the history q I.s market did clipped
lambs come nearer than &c Of this
price. On Monday Of tins week these
sane Eaztlsne1 had in 272 head Of
the same string Of lambs for which
they received Sls.Z which was the
rscsn3 y 70 mat tine. These boys
have been feeding western lambs a
good many years and they always Sc
cure top prices as they know how %
make goo5 "a; lambs such as the buy
ers are loakag for at all tJneg.
These fanbs wHre fed On shelcd
corn, c-ottgnses5 cake. hnseei meal
and Rah;oH PzriEa Fatina, which
these -gen8sraen think is a splendid
feed for Amus. These lambs did ex-
ira wsH whIle in the feed lots, as
they weighed IS lbs. when purchased
IN Omaha last fail. thereby showing a
gain Of = lbs. The lambs here on
AoHasy we're heavier IS they averaged
but . slight fraction under S. lbs.
No better quality OF fatter lambs have
been received here in many months
than the lambs these boys are send
ing To market. They report farm
ing conditions in their section Of the
country a. progressing nicely, but at
present = little 0 warm weather
Is needed Some Of the early planted
corn vii have 70 be replanted on ac-
count Of 50 much cold wet weather.
Oats, grass and hay Is in good shape.
Very little wheat reported raised in
their immediate territory St.
Louis Live Stock Reporter.
Egbert Miller, who has charge of
Mrs. John X. Browns farm south Of
Mexico, on Thursday, May oath, sold
three wagon loads Of hogs TO Fred
Roberts for $685.. 80. There were
twenty hogs that averaged 262 lbs.
and brought s15.75 a hundred. Hogs
are getting more popular every day.
Ernest Garrett is home from a visit
to MarshalltoBn, Iowa, and says that
the farmers all over that State are
planting an unprecedented acreage
Of crops. Hr. Garrett says land up
in that country is selling for from
$3.50 to $500 an acre and is not as
good as Audrain county land.
Again Audrain County, Mo-, Thurs
day substantiated its reputation
as the premier sheep feeding section
Of the SHOW Me" state in the sale
Of 100 head Of Missouri-fed clipped
Western lambs averaging 76 TBS.
that were purchased by Morris G. Co.
at the record-breaking price Of SIT
per cwt., a sale that eclipsed Tues
days record by 25c.
This noteworthy price obtained for
A. N. Day, one of the foremost cit
liens and farmers Of that section.
This particular bunch Of lambs were
bought by Mr.. Day last October, av-
eraging Sc lbs, and costing 500 per
cwt. After Mr.. Day had informed US
of this fact, the first thought that
struck Us was how satisfactory was
tn outcome to him.
After this question had been asked
Mr.. Day replied: 81 cannot empha.
size my feeling any stronger than
by saying that / was much more than
pleased with the price. The truth is,
had | received SIC. so / would have
been well satisfied. Little did | have
any idea when | broupht these lambs
last October that ] would have ever
realize such a magnificent price for
them. Of course, anybody who has
fed stock for the past few months with
corn costing from S1.25 to 81 60 per
bushel, the latter price now prevail
ing, knows what the producing cost
IS. But, taking into consideration
the fact that my original buy in oma-
ha was $50 lambs and / sheared about
5 lbs. Of wool to the head, selling all
told 1913 worth Of wool, ! could have
sold the lambs today for less and
they would have not lost me any
money. | feel very we'll repaid for
the labor, trouble and expense Of feed
ing that | have gone to. When /
brought the lambs home, | ran them
on pasture and in stock fields up I'M
til about the goth Of December, then
! started them on ensilage with a lit
tie oat straw and corn added each
day, continuing this basis Of feed up
to the middle Of April, when they had
full feed of hay and corr daily, and
while they were run on pasture there