Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-03-27
Stock Notes
LOCAL MARKET

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The Ray Smith sale southeast of
Mexico was attended by a large crowd
and everything brought fair prices.
The bidding was lively and the sale
was a good one. J. G. Ford was the
auctioneer and Rector Simms the
clerk.
Jack Lipp, near Long Branch, is
moving to the Reuben Harlow place
over in Audrain, having been appoint
ed administrator of the estate. Mr..
Harlow died two weeks ago, leaving
property and money to the value of
about $4,000. He was survived by
his wife, who is blind, and five chill
dren. He formerly lived southeast of
Paris.
J.. R. Smiley, east of Santa Fe, re-
ports finding young grasshoppers on
his farm last week. He is a bit wor-
ried for fear the pests will begin this
spring where they left off last fall.
William Pryor, a well-known farm
e. of Audrain county, Mo-, was on the
st. Louis market with a load of west
ern lambs of his own raising which
sold at the highest price of the day
Monday. This string of lambs con-
sisted of 129 head that averaged II
lbs, and they brought $4,000. They
were a good lot of lambs, possibly how
ever not strictly choice but good
enough for almost any purpose. Mr..
Pryor was pleased with the price OBJ
tanned for his lambs and also with
their weights as they made a good gain
while in his possession:-St. Louis
Live Stock Reporter.
J. P. Rudasill near Long Branch,
is feeding silage and orr to 80 cat
tie and 40 hogs for the May market.
He recently sold 80 head of 325-lb,
hogs at tic. Mr.. Rudasill has 40
acres of meadow and will devote SO
acres to corr and 20 acres to oats.
Grover Sims to CAN'T, Audrain
county, sold four mules, Friday, to
Shryock Brothers of the Stephens
neighborhood for $1,450, ar average
of 1862. This was one of the highest
prices received for hybrids in Audrair
county for sometimes.
Clarence Robinson near Tulip, de.
Iivered IS head of 244-lb., hogs to r
L. Brown at Madison last Thursday,
contracted at $3.50. His check call
ed for $3,333.75. The hogs averaged
a pound more at st. Louis than at
Madison, bringing $685., top of the
market, or a total of S3,880.60. 1t
was the most profitable load Brown
ever shipped.
This car of hogs were the offspring
of 10 gifts for which Mr.. Robinson
paid 1925. He later fatened the
gifts and butchered them, selling $3.50
worth of meat after keeping enought
meat and lard to last his family a
year. Except for $140 paid out for
shipstuff and bran, he raised all the
feed needed for the gifts and the rs
hogs he sold from them.
Several hundred men from all parts
of Monroe county took part in the
wolf hunt announced in last weeks
Appeal. Only one wolf was killed,
Homer Power bringing it down though
a number of others were seen. An
other hunt will be organized soon.
By profiting by mistakes made on
Monday, the farmers hope to have
better luck.
S. P. Emmons & Son this week sold
a registered Shorthorn bull calf, to
Blakey & Rodes of Paris, Mo-, receiv-
ing nearly 1000 for it.
Col. ]. T. johnson, the largest land
owner of Audrain county, Mo-, was on
the St. Louis market with a good
heavy hogs of his own raising for
which he obtained the top of the mar
ket. This load of hogs consisted of
83 head that averaged 254 lbs, and
they bought $3.50, which was the top
here and 15c higher than the best price
in Chicago. The Colonel was highly
pleased with the price. He says he
has some western lambs on feed to be
marketed later.-St. Louis Live Stock
Reporter.
Harry Brooks 0 fthe Hatton neigh
borhood on Saturday sold a load of
cattle and a half load of hoss to J.
D. Underwood & Sons to go the last
half of April, the buyers to pay $1.6O
for the cattle and $500 for the hogs
that are following them, all to go at
the same time. The cattle were bought
the first of January at $12 and weigh
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