Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-09-18

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Five blue ribbons out Of six exhib-
its was the record made by the Part
ridge Plymouth Rock chickens shown
by Mrs. ]. B. Daniel of Piedmont at
the Missouri State Fair at Sedalia.
G. v. Sheets of Troy, Mo-, has been
engaged as farm adviser in Ripley
county. He will assume his duties at
once
The citizens of Morgan Township,
Mercer county, last week voted a
$4,000 bond issue for the construction
of a hard surfaced road through the
township.
Two new grain elevators are being
constructed at Lebanon, each to cost
100000. On, is being built for the
farmers Elevator and Mercantile
Company and the other for the Leba-
non Elevator Company.
Real Ace, a good bull calf, sired by
the $4,000 Fred Real, has been sold
by Waldo W. Chapman, Braymer, Mo-,
to W. Readhead, Milton, Ontario.
The Woman's Society of the Bop
fist church meets tomorrow (Thurs-
day. afternoon at two o'clock. Bring
your offering for State Mission; also
your fruits for the Orphans and Zap
fist Home.
A. j. Cawthorn of Audrain county,
Mo-, sold a load of sheep and lambs
on the st. Louis market Wednesday
getting top prices for his lambs. Fc
had so head that averaged 81 lbs and
sold for $15.75. He is a big farmer
and live stock man of that section
Live Stock Reporter.
Harold Houf of near Hatton sold his
200 acre farm, Tuesday, to James
Houf. Mr.. Houf received $3.50 per
acre for the land. Possession will be
given March /, 1920.
T. M. Dowell sold J. B. Dye II breed
ing ewes this week at SIS a head.
s. P. Emmons sold $28,50O worth
of Shorthorn cattle during the month
of July.
c. D. Judy, of Monroe county, is
claiming the record on 6 pigs. They
are just 8 weeks old and weigh over
so pounds.
The Householder farm of GAO acres
south of Paris just over the county
line has been sold again to Iowa par.
ties for $86,4OO or $135 an acre
Paris Appeal.
Charles Turner paid $120 an acre
for the George Smiley 80 acres near
Moline.
S. P. Emmons & Son sod a regis
tered Shorthorn heifer to D. Owens Of
Audrain county for 81 1000.
Ben Elliott and Ray billiard shipped
a fancy pen of Rhode Island Red chick
ems to st. Louis this week. They
brought a fancy price.
L. c. Cove has bought the fine 280
acre High View farm, 3 miles south
west Of this city from Hugh Logan, of
Laddonia. Mr.. Mr.. Cove will farm it
for a while.
r. l.. Barnes ear Sturgeon, is the
owner of a money making bunch of
western ewes Every one of his flock
brought from one to two lambs last
February, and the ewes, lambs and a
ram were turned in his wheat field
to Craze. The lambs were sold in June
when they weighed around 80 pounds;
and now the ewes are bringing a sec
ond crop of lambs.
Eight hundred acres of the big
Cherry farm south of Paris, owned
by Mr.. Dunlap of Illinois, were bought
by Contralia men last week at SI0O
acre. This part of the big farm is
on the prairie. There is still about
$50 acres left of the original tract
Paris Appeal.
B. R. Taylor, whose farm eight
miles northeast of this city, had some
fine Boone County White corn on ex-
hlbition in this city Friday. There
were four ears that weighed 8 pounds
in all and he has twelve acres of as
good. He says the crops from this
patch is estimated from rs to 100
bushels an acre.
One of the greatest milk cow sales
held in the county was held by
Miller Thursday afternoon ct
farm northwest of Mexico. Eigh-
teen head of fine milk cows, each of
definite milking inheritance were sold