Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-07-17
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NEWS

a Palge has bought the old Rock
Springs dairy property for $4,000 from
W. H. Vanlandingham.
Fewell Bros, east of Auxvasse,
farmers and stock growers, drove in
a a load of lambs Tuesday morning
that they had sold to W. R. Buckner,
northeast of Auxvasse. The lambs
were a good quality lot, averaging
about So pounds and brought the firm
Is cents per pound. Mr.. Buckner re-
sold the flock to Austin & Fox who
shipped them to the market Tuesday.
-Auxvasse Review.
The wind and rain storm Wednesday
night was apparently strong enough |
to create havoc with things in general,
but little real damage was done. A
little over one and three-fourths in
ches of rain fell.
jeff Roland, a negro, who was work I
ing for M. F. Harrison on his farm
four and one-half miles south of town
fell under a roller he was riding OH
late Wednesday and suffered a broken
leg and many bruises. He was cross
ing a bad piece of country and riding
on the rear end of the tongue when it
broke and he fell to the ground re-
meath the machine. 1t stopped on top
of his leg and he was held there for
a short time until other men came to
his assistance.
The farmers association at
St0utsYille pooled their wool clip,
amounting to 10000 pounds. 1t
was sold at so to 81 cents, ac-
cording to grade.
The Shelby county wheat
crop this year will amount to
over two million bushels, the
largest crop in the history of the
county.
Texas county will vote on a
$225,000 road proposition on
July 29th. The proposition is
expected to carry.
A forty-acre apple crop near
Neosho has just been sold for
$4,000.
Barring one other load, the
best heavy steers on the St.
Louis market Wednesday was a
load of two year old mixed An
gus and Shorthorns from Aud
rain county, Mo, that went to
Swift & Co., at $14.40 per cwt.
To be specific, there were 20 lead
in all at this figure, average
weight of which totaled 1,185
lbs. The cattle, although some
what the worse fromahard days
travel showed a good degree of
finish as the result of careful
handling from the hands of E.W.
Rockwell, the feeder. According
to Mr.. Rockwell, they were prin-
cipally of his own raising. Feed
ing was started in October,
shocked corn, and timothy hay
consisting Of the principal ra-
ton for the first few weeks.
Later, in February, Purina mo-
lasses feed was given as a "fn-
isher" III portions of about five
!bs,, per head. In addition to .
the above, the steers had the
run of forty acres of some of the
finest grass in Audrain county.
MY son, Floyd A. Rockwell, still
being in the service for Uncle
Sam" stated Mr.. Rockwell, put
the whole responsibility of feed
ing onto me and this in addition
to the other work connected with
a 4S0 acre farm has kept me on !
the jump to keep things going.
Work is in pretty good shape
now, however, practically all Of .
the wheat in my section now be-
all cut" Floyd Rockwell,
who is well known in St. Louis,
attended school there is
expected to return home soon.H He +
has been for nearly two years a
seaman, having done convoy and !
transport service aboard the bat I
tie cruiser Pueblo.-Live Stock :
The Harry Householder $40
acres 8 miles northeast of Cen
has been sold to Zeno Phil /
pot of Iowa for $4,000. Poses
sion March 1st.
Wyatt Cannady of Marions-
vile has sold his fifteen acre |
crop for SIS, 1000.
Theo. H. Selb, r. 7, Mexico,
mas entered fifteen acres of land
IN the $l0,500 Crop Contest of
The Farm Journal. Five acres
each of wheat, corn and oats are
entered.
This contest, endorsed by the
agricultural authorities every
where, offers a $1,000 cash prize
rOr tba hort fya ocrnc cf corp