Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-09-18
STOCK
NEWS

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noe of the largest sales in point Of
number of things sold ever in the coun.
ty was held Tuesday afternoon at Pol
lock place northeast of this city. APP
proximately $4,000 worth of stock
and farm materials was sold to farm
ers of this and other counties.
A large crowd was present at tbs
grounds and stayed all day to be in
on the bidding which was pretty lively
from the start. Good prices prevailed
practically throughout the entire days
sales. The Baptist ladies served din
ner at the grounds.
Among the things sold was a Jersey
cow which brought $122.5O from j. C.
Alexander and another COW for $15O
to W. d. Johnson. Porter Bruce also
purchased eleven fine shoats at S19s
for the bunch. Other prices ranked
about the same according to the quail
ity of the article or animal sold.
There were 500 head of live stock sold
at the sale ,229 of which were fine hogs.
Farm machinery, feed of all sorts and
other things were among the articles
listed.
The ]auetioneers were Coils. J. 7.
Johnson, j. G. Ford and o. B. johnson
J.. c. Mundy was clerk.
]. N. Stephens, of Martinsburg, was
in this city on business Wednesday.
James Woodson, of the Bachelor
neighborhod, was passing through
Fulton, Tuesday morning with a
party on a fishing trip. He said he has
sold his farm of 1875 acres to a Mt.
Cawthorn, Of Mexico, at $4,000 an
acre, He said he understood the farm
had been sold the second time bit
could not confirm the report.-Fuitoa
Sun.
The date for the Webster County
Purcbred Livestock Show and Sale for
this fall has been set for November
7th and 8th. At a meeting of the
Purebred Livestock Association Sat.
urday, August 16, it was decided to
hold the show on that date and have
the sale in connection. The first dav
will be devoted to sheep and hogs
while the second day will be given
over to cattle. The sale of sheep and
hogs will be held in the afternoon CT
the first day and the cattle sale on
the afternoon of the second day.
With the assurance that many Ozark
fruit growers will store large guam
titles of the choicest commercial ap.
Piles this year, in anticipation of high
prices during the winter months op-
orators of cold-storage plants have
begun preparations to handle the fruit
that will be offered them. Approx
mately $4,000 barrels will be stored
at Marionville and Springfield plants.
These are the two principal points in
the producing district.
At a meeting at the Marquette Hotel
of st. Louis poultrymen it was de-
cided to hold the show New Years
week. as it was last year, instead OF
Thanksgiving week, as was originally
announced. J. H. Stoppelman, presi-
dent, and Henry Steinmesch, secre-
tary, last years officers, retain their
offices.
The Perry County Court has called
a special election for September 16,
to vote or a $450,0 900 bond issue. The
money is to be used in building Perry
county's share of the Mississippi Seen
ic highway, and also to rebuild the en-
tire road and bridge system of the
county.
In addition to supplying foundation
stock for the new Hereford herds re-
Gently started by j. ]. Thompson, Roy
Bartlett and Tom Bartlett, all of
Unionville, and Oscar Keen, Lemons,
Mo-, NJ. H. Loughead, of Unionvillc,
reports the sale of his young bull Mo
mento to head the herd recently estab-
the trip together. Mr.. and Mrs. Trim