Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-08-09

market stock comparatively. The meth
d is simple and easily handled, and we
hall give explanation Of points often
Questioned:
Ga'ksfins Stock
Cattle, sheep and goats are sold un-
Ter brand. As each mans stock is
'enned bot hair brand is'put on and
ales Of snch animals reported accord
ngly. Hogs con be marked. but COM
Mission firms do not handle them salts
| actorily by this method. County
gents reports universally favor grad
ng hogs according to weight and kind.
'hus when hog is run over the scale,
q kind and weight will naturally class
:. and the owner is credited with 80
/, ,any pounds of certain class Of pork.
The value of his pork is determined
y the way each class sells on the mar
ct on the day they are sold. and are so
y 70 rated.
70 rating Expsnsss
The expenses are easily pro rated
mong each consignor. From the total
osts- freight. feed, yardage, commits
ion, etc., and total pounds shipped. the
rational cent per pound expens is de-
srmined and carried out to the sixth or
r ,venth decimal. Thus we might find
'at cost per pound to be .OO5271 of
cent. Hence if a man ships a
eer weighing 1000 times .0O527l of q
mt, or $5.27. Carrying the calcula-
: ons out, suppose the steer sold pit &C..
zen the returns would show $50 for
is animal. Subtracting S. 27 from $50
ould leave s74.73, as this farmers
I are for his steer. Expenses peculiar
any one class of stock 10 charged up
them directly. A card showing yard
lights, elling price. pro rated ex-
nse, and cost to market per pound
mailed each shipper on receipt OF
turns. Thus a farmer is enabled to
Y Il his stock erect on the market and
get detailed returns of the trausac-
N m.
Sinking Fund.
Many counties are adopting the rule
retaining one por cent Of the net re-
ms in a general lco-operative sinking
nd. Occasionally there are losses
nm heat, accident, ETC., and this fund
/ ,vides insurance. It ID being used to
I'D farmers scales and to advertise
[ pro 1ucts. We are thinking of adopt
/ : this plan if it meets the approval Of
! /. farmers.
m Fed Hogs
southern Ihogs fed on peanuts and
st are soft. and sell much lower than
= n fed hogs. However. firms at the
| tional Stock Yards have promised the
tie Marketing agent to sell any
,thern hogs in competitian with the
stern hogs when it is guaranteed that
" have had full corn ration for 40
vs. We wish to make special cars OF
h hogs when farmers will list them
such. In our last car Mr.. W. B,
I'm consigned Is head of corn fed
e. the bulk of which sold at 18 Is
its.
90 Ysur Corn White
1 We have advised with some farmers
)ut using yellow corn and cannot too
ongly urge them not to use yellow
n. Mississippi corn has been found
be the last word in meal and people
learning to eat corn bread, mush.
j., and will continue after the war,
ice there will be demand for supe-
r meal corn grown here.
ich Cows for Sale
Ne have listed over a car load Of
I'd grade milch cows for sale. These
to freshen this fall. winter anc
ing. At preseut the market is very
DR. for such stock. However, we hope
have men in the county who are
Inting these cows, and send them tt
the ones listed. We shall be giat
render you service in this capacity.
psvii In Corn
A great deal of corn has weevil in it
Decially where the shuck is short anC
pken. When the crib it open the us'
as much as one pint Of high life (bi
lphide of carbon) to tifty bushels corr
% days in succession, and repeated
ten days. stopping all cracks posi-
and digging down in the corn t.
Ice the bi-sulphide, might help some
bsd from CooksviiIs
A weed turned in from Cooksville wa
kwarded to the A. & M. college, ant
bm there to Washington, was foun'
|be Penny cresss or Stink weed, com
Sn to river and prairie lands of th
(st. Hano pulling and burning ar
|bd for small areas. and cultivation
larger areas,
the Club Members
About twenty in all were at ou
hool, We were sorry more could no
present. Among the demonstration
zen were field selection of corn, pick