Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-10-03

Gus Shryock, two and one-balf
miles east Of Stephens, has a load Of
70 mules ready for market They will
be fat enough 10 70 in about thr
weeks.
Judge Alex Carter. this week. sold
the b4O-aere farm, northeast Of this
city, known as the ". G. Sims place.
70 the following parties in small
tracts: 10 acres 20 Yeaman Byrns:
200 acres TO William Pittman: 20
acres TO a Mr.. johnson; 240 acres 10
j. Ii. stumpf Judge Carter has also
sold a 555-ncre farm Of his near Lad.
donia. County Clerk Ross B. Cauth-
orr purchased 235 acres and George
r. Gibbs, 800 acres.
The Saline county fair grounds
were sold last week for the sum ~
fourteen thousand dollars. Ten
acres were sold 10 Asa Potter for
$9'oVO y the remaining thirty acres
were sold % the trustees Of The Muir
reA Memorial Hospital Fund. Il il nm.
derstood that the grounds will he
beautified and that the pubic viii
have access 10 it until the trustees
make plans for building the hospital
W. W. Mcclure, Of Pettis county
sold q fat steer On the market az &.
Louis which brought 1925.
A large crowd attended the Consi-
dIns sale Friday afternoon. Prices
were good and there was Lively nd
ding al the way through. Some Of
the o1t~of-tOgn rnen here were;
Vernon Baker, Of Nurrayyille. III
WHO bought q a Of mules ard = car
Of breeding ewes.
Charls Fegar, Of Berlin, IL, who
bought q number Of cows and young
cattle.
Buyers were in attendance fyo-r
VARIOUS counties in Missouri and from
Illinois and Kentucky.
Lesson Griffin was injured when a
horse got loose and ran into the bug.
gy IN which he was riding, overturn.
ing 1t and throwing him out, He was
unconscious for a while, but was able
TO 90 to his home later in the even
ing.
A. Z. Ball, southeast of Paris, plan.
hed last spring TO sell $1,000 worth of
hogs Of his raising before winter
according TO the Monroe County An.
peal Thus far he has sold $500
worth and has 10 head worth s4Oo
ready to go. He will then have LEI,
100 head Of all sorts, including 20 he
could now sell at $40 apiece. He rs;s.
IS his pigs from Spotted Poland
so"s and also the corn they consume
Last week five Of his sows brought
81 pigs and Bill saved them all he
says those who claim that fatteniny
hogs at this years price is a losing
game ought TO do more ~fattening and
less figuring.
one OF the largest cattle deals ever
made in Howard county has iust
been closed. NJ IL Mccullough Of
Aurfreesboro, Tenn, and J. w Lock.
ridge Of Fayette have purchased the
famous herd Of Angus cattle owned
BY Elliott Bros. Of near Estil1. Tho
herd consisted Of 475 head and was
worth more than 100000.
Graham and George Robertson are
blowing with their tractor at night
now.
The threatening weather yesterday
resulted IN a smaller crowd at J. C.
Kings sale than was expected. Those
VINO did come, however, bought we'll
The big King herd Of cattle sold
at $50 apiece, the entire nerd Of
twenty cattle bringing $1,000. It was
bought by W. II. Ritter, who is plan
ming to ship IT away this week.
Ewes averaged S24.20. Earl Car
ter bought one span Of mules for
sb25, and horses sold from s135 to
$50. Hogs also sold well.
Binder Irvine Statistics.
To finally and correctly answer the
often asked query Of allow much
binder Irvine does it take per acre TO
bind wheat and oats?" z. A. Logan
and Jewell Mayes Of the Missouri
crop Reporting Service nou that
the average amount Of Irvine used in
1913 10 bind an acre Of wheat was
2Ji pounds, and for oats 2.19 pounds.
For a permanent record, and for
ready reference, the following listing
by counties how much twine
was used In Missouri on the average
IN 1918 70 tie wheat and oats, the acre
weight for wheat being first named
and for oats named second;
Audrain. $50 and 2.75.
Boone, 2.25 and 2.
Galloway. ESQ and $50.
Monroe, 2.25 and 2. %.
Pike 2 and 2.25.
Randolph, 2 and $50.
Monday night dogs made a raid on
T. J. Eeton's chickens, killing a hen
and twenty-one little chickens a
month old He had bought the eggs