Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-06-27
Stock Notes
LOCAL MAkKET

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bc1rtt ty Na-rs a Co n hesVes
u1ert fe5 cc-l- u12zsses and No.
cr.ss and were ir rno3 ssaPs tor HaAr-
kst-Lvs Siosk Rep1-zsr.
Beu in The hu-sss SozasA an
hzsshei fruz ths yelgw errs whreA
urs izid By M flies e hurss' iaEi
s-d o. ;hsir ts-u1.s- u ~ 1-izaal is
permfses 30 Nsk itss,f SIZE e ths
Eggs 81 the ysung maEsSts are car
red % tie nogth. ani they lAte-
resch the stczz-h. Ehere thy attach
thsuseives ard feed on taf fooa con
s-med b tie animal 7. J. TzI5sT.
q tie Uriversity q Missouri College
q Agriculture recomusn6s that the
arrs Be- 6estroyed before the animal
lscks them q. BY rushing the hairs
aazrzng the eggs lightly Eith a rag
rnoistened with coal oil
WASHINGTON. D. C. June 20
Ths esunty agents and h0me-demon-
s-rzrisn workers employed in the
Suz-hsrn States are not only instr0ct-
ing farmers and farz women in food
pEsa1ctisa and conservation. but are
assisting n ether essential war work.
They Ers not oaly working for the De-
Pzrszerf az Agriculture but are as
sisrszg the Food Administration, the
Treasury Department, the War De
pzrsment, the Navy Department, the
Dspartzens q Justice. and the De
pzrrnezt Of Labor.
Thsy have taken part in addition
% tbsr regular activities in such WORK
as fooi surveys. seed surveys, seed
Distribution. obtaining credit for far
ners, selling Liberty Bonds, eradiea-
tiau q livestock diseases, surveys Of
liFe-s:ock diseases, surveys Of insecf
pests and campaigns for their destruc
tion marketing farm products, pref
ersEtial or priority shipments by raj
0f farm products and all farm supplies
ard dissemination Of information Civ
eu or by the War Department, tn
C0zncl Of National Defense, and tn
Committee on Public Information re
Earding the war. and other matters af
fecting the national policy under wa
conditions.
As . means Of increasing the suppl,
of winter feed and preserving tn
corn crop. Missouri farmers shoul,
not overlook the sil0. The silo has n
squal in preserving the corn crop 70
certain classes Of livestock. The silo !
particularly well adapted TO those sec
tons of the state whore pasture land
make possible the grazing Of NOR
stock than can be wintered in goo
condition. Il is especially valuable i
late seasons when crops do not ma
ts5s sEfiif ittiisTsssssy 70 make good fee
otherwise.
Mrs. Otto Howard reports fin
prospects for crops this year. Her tw
sons, Reuben and Rufus Howard, hav
70 acres Of corn, 30 acres Of wheat, 4
acres ofsoats and 20 acres of meadow
on their farm four miles west Of Mo
lino.
E.J. Sims has s55 acres Of corn i
| that looks good.
/ L Vanvacter, Of near Thompson
has 3s acres Of oats and 40 acres O
corn that Is very promising.
I J. II. Starr Is feeding / 800 sheep 0
his farm near Tulip. He bought thei
last fall at 81 per head and sold ther
at II cents a pound.
Elmer Chapman, Of Western Al
drain, is cutting 440 acres Of goo
wheat. He has in 80 acres Of corn an
. s. Of oats.
Elmer Chapman has 40 head Of hog
on feed.
E. z. Waters Of vandalia was
. Mexico Friday.
James Dowell, Of near Molino, hs
in I20 acres Of corn and 40 Of oats.
Lincoln county breeders have n
Gently imported car load Of Herefor
J cattle.
Asa Fowler and wife Of Yandali
recently picked fifty-six gallons (
gogseberries in one day.
S. P. Emmons recently paid W. !
r Cornelius. Of Auxvasse, 64 cents
pound for 900 pounds Of wool.
Press Atkins says his 21 acres
. oats are in fine shape. He has 10 acrl
D Of promising corn and some cane in.
= MiIt Householdre's 15O acres Of oa
is not only the largest crop Of its kin
2 in that section but is one Of the best
+ Macon county probably will vo
8 soon on proposition to employ
b county highway engineer.
!. 1. NJ. Roberts went to his farm ne
Rush Hill Friday to help cut thir
acres Of good wheat which he has
that place.
y w. II. Pulls, who resides in the wes
y ern part Of the county, has 10 acres
fine wheat. Besides four acres of ca
= he has in 95 acres Of corn, 40 Of oa
and is feeding 1S good hogs.
y About the best piece Of corn
tween Paris and Long Branch is {
]. 1lO-acre field on tine Tom MeKam
Z place which is being cropped
r Cleve Lipp, George Johnson and TT
] Darnell. It has been plowed twice
n Paris Appeal.
} Missouri has more apple trees tn
any other state in the Union, and {
Missouri apple is first in flavor a
l. quality, compared compared to {
Ie apples and other fruits Of every !
n ti0n. Missouri was third in apJ
II production in 1917.
e. James NJ. Patterson delivered
d head Of fat cattle to Kemper, Heller
J. Booth Of Hallsylle, Boone county,
le Auxyasse Monday, which he had 81
l. TO the shippers at a lump sum Of 81