Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-24

Some Monroe county farmers are
hauling water from Paris.
Judge Alex Carter attended Farm
er's Week in Columbia.
-Four wolves have been seer in the
vicinity Of Paris and a big hunt has
been organized to get them.
FULTON, No, Jan. IS. St.
Louis mule buyers in Galloway Coun-
ty in the last two days have bought
about $50 head for an aggregate Of
about $4,000. They will be shipped
to st. Louis at once. Their sales will
mark the end Of the feeding season.
The 18th annual sale Of Joe Consi-
dine at Hopewell farm, near Thomp-
son, will be held February %. There
will be offered rs mules, so cattle, $50
breeding ewes and 100 hogs. Mr..
Considine always has top stuff to Of
fer and his sale is one Of the largest
and most successful in this section Of
the State.
Talk about the goose that laid the
golden egg. One of her descendants
has turned up in Madison county,
Iowa. The bird was put up at an
auction for the benefit of the Red
Gross Society and Madison and Adair
county wanted the goose, the Madi-
son county was determined to keep
it. And 50 the two counties bid
against each other until Adair coun-
ty got cold feet and quit. Madison
county retains the goose, paying S.
412 for same. The sale brougt a total
of s6,150. At the rate people bid on
the goose, there does not seem to be
needed a big stock Of goods or dona-
tons, in order that a salue may be
conducted. Two geese would have
been ample for the sale. 1t is doubt
ed that there has ever been another
$4,000 goose in any state in the Union.
Women Working on Land
LONDON, Jan. 10. There are
now 265,000 women working on the
land in England. Twice that number
are needed to produce the necessary
.foodstuff for the next twelve
months.
DESTROY WHEAT CROP NEXT?
SAN FRANCISCO, Calf, Jan. 49,
Germany's latest attempts to destroy
the wheat crop Of California and other
states has taken the form of shipment
to this country of powerful poisonous
pollen to be distributed by German
agents here in such a manner as to
kill the entire wheat output of this
state, according to a bulletin issued
yesterday by the state council Of de-
tense.
The south part of the James Young
farm, 240 acres on which there were
no improvements, was sold to Sims
. Son this week at s95 an acre, a
record price for so large a tract CT
u%nimproyed land in Monroe county.
Mr.. Sims lives south of Tulip. His
son lives in Indiana. The balance of
.he big farm, 800 acres on which the
buildings stands, is now on the mar
ket-Paris Appeal.
Six counties of Missouri have been
;hosen to make a food survey of the
State to ascertain the average amount
# food a family has on hand at this
lime. The counties are Pettis, st.
francois, Buchanan, Carroll, Law
renee and hdair. They are widely
scattered over the State and the in
,erests of each county is different,
what is believed six of the
most representative counties in the
,tate.
Carter G. V~andeventer, owners Of
he famous Poland China sire, Gerst-
lale Jones, have issued their ~catalog
or their sale in this city February
nd. Ffty-two head Of richly bred
ows will be offered and buyers from
parts Of the country are expected
0 attend and purchase these SPLEEN
id offerings.
The sale will be held in the Middle
on barn building starting at o I
clock p. m, February End.
Alb Romans, of Benton City, was in
his city on business Tuesday. He
xpects TO hold a big sale Feb. 18th.
MUNDY STEERS BRING s11.5O
Horace Mundy, a well known stock
p~erator from Audrain Count, Mo-, \
as represented on the ST, Louis mar