Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-06-26
LOCAL MARKET

Tuesday, sold his fine 225 acres farm,
southwest of this city, near the Water
Works, to an Iowa buyer for $500 an
acre.
Since Mr.. Morris purchased this
place ne has put many improvements
on it. The land Is some of the richest
and finest in this section. Teh farm
was bought we'll worth the money.
The buyers were Manifold Bros, of
Corn, Ia.
SEDALIA, Mo-, June 24.-C. NJ.
Long, Pettis County agent, said Mon
day that continued rains and fierce
have severely damaged the
wheat crop. He believes the average
in Central Missouri will be eighteen
bushels to the acre. There is an in
cas- of 25 per cent in acreage over
that of last year, but the wheat heads
are short and the kernels not we'll
filed.
Heavy rains Saturday night and
Sundayq prevented wheat cutting Nor
day, but it will be resumed in the up
lands Tuesday and in the lowlands
Wednesday provided it does not rain
again.
County Agent Long says the oat
crop also has been badly damaged by
continued rains and windstorms and
will be difficult to cut next week.
Patterson & Tincher, who live up
in the Hatton n~eighborhood shipped a
mixed load of cattle and hogs from
Auxvasse Monday and a load of hogs
from McCredie. The cattle in the Aux
vase shipment-21 yearling steers
were fattened by L. C. Reed & Sons,
northwest of H~atton, weighed $50
pounds and were figured at $13, with
FIVE out at $11.50. The porkers in the
load numbered 25 head that averaged
around 225 pounds. They were fat
tened by Mack Guthrie, also of north
west Galloway, and brought him
$3.50 u hundred weight.-Auxvasse
Review.
Judge j. G. Slate, of the Cole Coun-
ty Circuit Court, aspires to be the
sweet potato king of this section. He
has just finihed setting out rs 900
plants.
A rock road is being planned to
connect Harrisonville and Clinton, an
important highway running through
q rich and populous country.
R. E. Holmes, of st. Louis, is the
guest of his brother, P. R. Holmes.
Mr.. Holmes is demonstrating the
Hart-Parr tractor for Smith Bros,
Automobile Company.
More than 100 Cole county farmers
Drove to Columbia in automobiles last
and visited the College of Ag-
riculture.
A movement is being started in
Webster county to bond the county
for $2,50O,0O0 for hard surface roads.
Baxter Guthrie had several
luscious tomatoes for dinner
Sunday that he raised in his own
garden. These are the first local
announced this year.
Peter Shulse, who lives north Of
clipped 41O pounds of wool
from IS sheep, one of the best clips
far reported this year.
P. E. Locke brought down to his
office Monday a twig from a Maiden
Blush apple tree grown in his yard
both a half sized apple and
IN apple blossom. This is the FIRST
dme Mr.. Locke had ever seen any
Of this kind. He is anxious to
fnow whether there will be a second
.rop of apples or not. Judging from
bloom, herewith.
Sullivan county people have pledged
5000 per mile for a good road from
dilan eastward, and between $4,000 |
md $4,000 per mile for good road
Milan westward to the county
inc.
Kinney Miller, of Lancaster, has
lone u big business this season in
and selling chicks. He sent
'ut twelve thousands chicks by parcel
in two days recently, the postage
to S400.
The. highest. price ever paid for st.
county farm land in the prai-
lie bottoms, was 1888 per acre, a fig
re reached a few days ago.
Wheat has grown to a height of
feet at Lowry City this year, on
Whitfield Scots, place.
SamGNorris is in receipt OF some
'ool shipped him by Grant Morthlaad,
Newborn, Alabama. Morthlani
'rmeKly resideddn Mexico. In a let
to Mr.. Morris he asked the latter
} just deposit a check to him in the
ORTIZ Missouri Trust Company.
Wheat harvest on the j. M. Pat.er-
IN acTes in Liberty township began
morning, when three self
ndets startad on a crop of 300
Practically all of the grain IS
fding straight, and continued fair
fther viii see every bit of it in the
Bck in a week. II have never seen
hettier wheakn Mr. Patterson said
Fulton Friday. "My experience at
Using wheat has been so limited,
,wever, that | am not able to make
good guess as to yield, but just to i