Mexico Missouri message., 1918-07-25
THE BEST CORN PROSPECTS
"YOU EVER SAW"
The Wheat And Oats Yield Great
But, Brother, Did We Get Sois-
sons?--An Interesting Bunch OF
Country News.

erybody complained of Saturday
evening being so hot.
Everybody is thru laying by corn.
The corn prospect at present is the
best one we have had for years.
With plenty of moisture from now on
for two months an abundant corn
crop will be raised all over the
county.
The grasshoppers are the worst we
ever saw. The little pests are in
great numbers and are certainly play
ing havoc to the pastures and beans
are getting out into the corn now and
doing considerable damage to it.
However we believe the corn is far
enough along now not to hurt it
much.
Haying is thing of the past now.
The hay crop is the lightest in years.
Roughness will be an article rather
scarce and much in demand this next
winter.
farmers threshing up north of Skin
ner last Wednesday at noon. Chas.
Clark's 55 acres of wheat made 35
bushels per acre and Porter Bruce's
So acres of oats made SO bushels per
acre-the largest yield so far. Other
crops of wheat and oats ranged
downward to 20 bushels per acre.
Mr.. Farthing, from near Columbia,
is doing farmers threshing from
three to four miles west of here clear
on into Monroe county. He has two
good outfits and has done this
threshing for several years. The
yields are up to the average.
Brink Bros, from near Columbia,
also are threshing over on North
Prairie. They have big run over
there and the crops are pretty good
and will average with the county.
Chas. H. Dickey's new threshing
outfit just over east and southeast
is hulling the grain out fast 1t
is New Rumely Ideal or just like
the one we have here. The grain over
there also is yielding up to the aver
age.
Arthur Paullin is on his home
run of threshing, putting the wheat
and oats into the half bushel as fast
as any of our thresherman.
Milton Householder's threshing
rig is making it's usual rounds. 1t
changed hands recently but we have
never heard just who bought it.
Mr.. and Mrs. DeJarnett entertain
ed at dinner Sunday, DR.. and Mrs.
Mart and Miss Vance of Rowena, and
DR.. H. w. DeJarnatt and wife and
DR.. Willie DeJarnatt of Centralia
and Mrs. zella Squirting.
The Squirting family have as their
guests the past few days their sis
ters, Mrs. Gilbert of Carthage, and
Mrs. Chamlin of Moberly.
Miss Ruth Carpenter has as her
guest, Miss Hattie Harboard of San
Antonio, Texas.
Mrs. Blum entertains her sister,
Mrs. Blanche Clark, of KANSAS City.
Miss Dora Cauthorn entertained at
lawn party last Wednesday night a
few of her many friends in excellent
style.
The Red Cross ice cream supper
at Oliver Brownings' Saturday was
largely attended, we understand, and
large sum was realized for the good
cause.
Protracted meeting begins at Oil
vet the 4th Sunday of this month.
The pastor will do the preaching. No
doubt much good expounding of the
gospel will be heard as he is good
speaker and well fixed by everybody
The Rev. Egan Hearndon filled his
regular appointment at Liberty Sun
day morning and night. Big crowd
was out.
The regular pastor, Rev. White,
filled his regular appointment at
Long Branch Sunday. Big crowds
attend church here.
Mrs. Edward Patterson and chill
dren of Keokuk, Iowa, are here Wis
iting the Patternsons over near the
Youngs Creek p. o, Edward is at
tending M. S. U. this summer.
here.
The capture of scissors and 10000
Hun prisoners is the latest and big
gsst take for the Americans and AL
lies in the entire war. No wonder 80
much demonstration of JOY through
out the whole country, and still we
buy Thrift Stamps and give to the
Red Cross and Y. M, c. A. and we
will continue to give and do so long
as Uncle Sam needs help, and that