Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-02-21
Stock Notes

The mule sale Of Alb Harrison, a
Benton City, Wednesday, was tn
biggest sale Of It's kind ever held il
Audrain County according to reports
from those who attended.
There was an unusually fine lot Of
mules offered and the first % heat
are reported to have brought an aver.
age Of over $500 each. The highest
price paid for onespair Of mules wa'
S665, while another pair brought
S660.
The Missouri State Corn Growers
Association has set $500 a bushel as
a fair price for pure seed corn Of
standard varieties. This action was
taken to thwart efforts Of speeula-
tors and profiteers who were taking
advantage Of the seed corr shortage
to demand exhorbitAnt prices In
view Of the wal emergency and the
shortage Of good seed corn the associ-
alton believes that a price Of $500 a
bushel is fair for well selected, tested
corn. Farmers who are requested by
prOfitters to pay a higher price will
do well to take notice Of this action by
the corn growers. In many cases the
corn offered for sale by such men will
have been grown by members Of the
Corn Growers Association and conse-
quently farmers should deal directly
with members Of this association and
avoid the excess profit demanded by
inscriptions seedsmen.
Harry F. Henderson, an Auxvasse
mule man, closed a deal Saturday for
the purchase of 16O acres of the Mad
dox pasture land, three miles east Of
McCredie, from Irwin Maddox at SIPS
an acre. The tract is unimproved, ex-
cept for fencing, and 80 ere of it
has never been plowed. The land joins
the Frank Muir place and is as well
located and has as good soil as any
thing in North Galway. Mr.. Mad
dox at the same time bought the 1862
acre place known as the Kay Maupin
farm in the same neighborhood, from
c. ". Dudley, of Auxvasse, at 800
an acre. - Fulton Gazette.
Jake Buckner paid tbs "high dollar"
Monday at the public sale Of Buckner
and Brett when he bought a span of
coming three-year-old mules for
$4,000. And included in the safe
was n coming two year old mares,
bought by Albert Price for $495; span
coming two year old mules, by Albert
Price, $3.50.
The Considine & Simms sale, at
Fletcher Simms' farm Tuesday, to-
tailed $11,860. This was their third
annual sale and vas a big success.
A pair of four old mare mules
brought 1925, and a six year old pair
sold for $685.. "a head Of mules were
sold in all. A drop horn COW and
calf brought $50. A spotted SOW sold
for 1853 and another for sci. The
highest price for shoats was $40.
Ewes went as high as $23.25. The
ladies Of Union Chapel Church served
dinner.
j, D. Miller has planted his gar
den, and among other things put in
potatoes.
Louis Hubert believes in doing
things early and has planted a part Of
his oats crop.
Bob Dye, of Paris, sold Z big mules
to Earl Carter recently at $257
apiece.
Joe Considine of thompson was here
Monday and notified Frank Eaton that
he had been awarded the contract to
erect a brick store room at that place !
this spring, the building to be 80 feet
wide by 100 feet long and will be used
as a general store by Mr.. C~onsidine's
son-in-law. - C~entralia Courier.
Orlando Hit, formerly of Contra
liza, but now living in Meads, Colorado,
had two pens Of sheep on exhibition at
the Denver Stock Show last week and
took off three first and four second
prizes after which Mr.. Hit sold them
for 20 cents a pound to Swift & Co.
Both pens of sheep took all the premi-
ums in their class. They were grade
Sh~ropshires, but they captured second
in the sweepstakes when entered COM
petition with pure bred Shropshires.
were the best shown from the
State in any class enterde.
Alb Remains sale at Benton City
Wednesday totalled about $500.
This was MI. Romans third sale. The
feature Of his sale was a pair Of mules
which brought $3.50. Twenty head
Of mules were sold and the average
price was about 1896. The average
was brought down by the sale Of a
few work mules. Ten COWS and three
Shetland ponies were sold at a fair
THE Wellsville, Mo-, optic-N News,
referring to the arrangements to Sc
a farm adviser for Montgomery
editorially says: 1.-THE farm
ers of Montgomery County have taken
necessary steps and raised the
necessary amount of money to secure
l farm advisor. Z. II. Anderson has
'een employed. Anderson is a grad
late of the Missouri College Of Ag-
'iculture and has several years. expe-
fence in farm advisory work. At the
PRESENT time he is employed in this
work in North Carolina, but will take
Up his duties here March /. In the
Meantime a substitute will be sent
THE "IESS" DA