Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-02-07
Stock Notes
MARKET

Hogs, 1900, strong. top $3.50
Cattle, 1900 ..... Strong
Sheep. 10000 l5e Higher
ST. LOUIS LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Special Report
NATIONAL STOCK YARDS. H..
February g., 1918. - Todays receipts.
Cattle, GOO. Hogs. 1900. Sheep.
1000.
CATTLE - Although the supply
the past few days has not been liberal.
the market lacked the wire edge pre-
viously noted and al this writing. the
price basis shows a general settling
Of 10 10 15c per cWt compared with
the best time last week, however.
stoekers and feeders. have not been
plentiful and continue to maintain
steady prices.
SHEEP - Weakness was manifest
in this department on lambs, which
average 25c per cwt lower than the
best time last week. Various grades.
Of sheep are selling fully steady. Best
lambs Sl7 to $3.50; fat sheep Si2
to Sl2.75; choppers IS to 50; Gamers
Sc to Z. Goats $3.50 to $3.50: kids
$40 TO $3.50.
HOGS - The market opened 25c
higher and continued in that n
up to the close, with the bulk Of the
good to choice hogs, 100 lbs up, Sl6.70
to SIT; good mixed hogs 100 lbs up.
$l6.35 to sl6.7O; pigs, l25 to $50 lbs
$3.50 to SIC; 10 to 12O lbs S14.5G to
$3.50; lighter pigs. S12 for peewees
to sl4.5O for best, rough hogs SIC
National Live Stock Com. Co.
Charles Dunn and Doe Craighead.
both of Hereford, who sold a ear Of
cattle, each, to John Kemper Of
Boone county, delivered them ii
Browns Station in Boone county Mon
day and they were sent to the market
over the Wabash. NJ. B. hurry. of
Hereford, who was in Fulton Tues
day, said no embargo on live stock
shipments had been declared on the
Wabash railroad. The Dunn and
Craighead cattle were extra quality
stuff and had been on feed for some
time. They were contracted by Mr..
kemper some time back at $3.50 a
hundred. - Fulton Sun.
Joe Considine recently lost "a head
Of good mules in a railroad wreck at
Fulton, Ky.
Horace Mundy a Son sold two loads
Of hogs on Wednesdays st. Louis
market that brought the top, $685..
Bob Dye informs the Appeal that
nearly 500 head Of mule-footed hogs
are owned farmers around Per
ny. These hogs, says Boy, are Just
as immune from cholera as a Billy
Goat and, except for the fact that
their feet are like a mules they look
like black Polands. 49, Paris Appeal.
1t was six below zero Friday morn
ing.
Gray Vaughn, Of the Victor neigh
borhoOd, Monroe County, received
$4,000 recently for 10 mules. Their
average weight was 400 pounds.
j. H. Starr purchased 1888 head Of
western yearling breeding ewes from
Rowe e. MCGOWAN, of near Rowena.
last week at $50 per head for the
Wood e. Houston Bank at Marshall.
which institution is furnishing the
ewes for a Boys and Girls Sheen
Club.-Centralia Courier.
Ed Pitcher bought a stack of hay
from Ross Ewing, near Long Branch.
Monday, paying s21 a ton in the
stack.
In many parts Of Audrain, farmers
are cverhauling their machinery and
preparing to order needed parts be-
fore the sEring rush begins. Dealers
say this should be done everywhere,
since the switching of SO many fac
tories to war orders may make it
very hard TO obtain repairs later on.
In n neighborhood the farmers plan
to put all their orders on n list in
stead Of ordering separately, thus in
surfing better service.
]. F. Vigal, Audrain county, Mo, a
consignment Of steers, consisting of
30 head, averaging 1882 lbs at sl1.65
per cwt and 9 yearlings averaging S24
lbs at $11.00, which was the top of
the market on the latter class of stock.
These cattle were fed on snap corn
and Ralston Purina molasses feed.
for 80 days and made good gains.
There n not many cattle in Au-
drain at present, but about a normal
Of hogs, he reports. Corn av-
eraged about IS bushels to the acre
the past season and is of pretty good
quality, worth S1.35 per bushel main
ly. Most Of it will be saved for feed
ing. st. Louis Live Stock Reporter.
Ross Ewing recently sold Bob Dye,
OF Paris, a pair of mules for S405.
The German farmer, in the name of
the Fatherland supports a nation
.two-thirds as large as ours and
threatens to subject the world from
an area as large as Texas.
Saddle horses do not pay to raise
any more, unless they chance TO de- !
into show stuff and catch the |
fancy of a millionaire, who plays
the pretty animals, SAYS the !
Monroe News. Two fillies offered at
John Buekman's sale last week, 2 and
; years old, eligible to registry, sold
ior $40 and SIS respectively. Seeing
hat there were no saddle horse men
present, MI. Buckman did not put up
King Monroe, but will sell him pri- Y
being in communication with
iome Kentucky fanciers-Paris An
zeal. !
Food is our first and last resouce. |
he dominant resource in this war.
Dur food supply is the final depend
nee Of the Allies; the food situation
the worst worry in Europe, worse \