Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-07-24

pounds. Mr.. Glenn bought three Of
these animals a. colts and bred and
raised the fourth. They have received
excellent care and given every oppor-
A firm at Bowling Green keeps 5000
chicks Matching all the time, and is
now installing a new ~7,500-egg incu-
bator. The firm is Shipping baby chicks
throughout the country.
tunity TO develop into the incompar-
able animals that they were at the
time of disposal. Mr.. Glenn's expert
ence demonstrates that the best of any
kind of live stock will bring top prices.
The mules wer insured and shipped to
the new owners.-Columbia Tribune.
Forest Weaver, o. near Molino, has
threshed forty acre. Of wheat which
yielded a little over twenty-four BASH
els per acre. This yield is n of the
best reported up to this time. Mr..
Weaver is an up-to-date farmer and
his success is in keeping with his
methods Of farming.
c. E. Ehrhart, of Newton county
sold $l125.80 worth of Strawberries
from one acre, the expenses amount
ing to $222.47, and leaving a net profit
of $903.3 - for the acre of berries.
VIM Brothers had four loads of
cattle on the st. Louis market one
day last week. The first load consist
ed of % head of four year old heavy
red cattle. They topped the market
in the morning at S16.75. The other
three loads consisted Of two year old
black cattle and they also topped the
remainder of the market at $3.50.
The Winn Brothers recently sold their
fine farm for $64, 900 and are planning
to give possession the first of the year.
They will have two big hog sales in
January and February.-Live Stock
Reporter.
Phil Shire, who has a threshing out
fit that has been busy in the wheat
fields CT the county, reports wheat
yields averaging from 10 to 81 bush
els. The yield is not as good as ex-
peeted as some of the wheat was water
killed.
W. D. Mason reports his wheat as
averaging Is bushels to the acre.
Chas. Arnold's wheat averaged from
8 to 81 bushels an acre.
Louis Berger's wheat threshed Is
bushels to the acre.
Henry Klussman had an average
yield Of Is bushels of wheat to the
acre.
Dunklin county is beginning the
harvest of a 10,000-acre crop of water
melons.
The new Barton county hay CROP
is being cut, and some of 1t has beer
sold for twenty dollars per ton.
Farmers Elevator at Carrollton.
The Farmers Union has taken ovel
) the Virgins elevator at Ca~rrollton, the
farmers organization being incor
porated for $4,000.
According to the latest estimate.
: the Galloway wheat crop this yea
will sell for three million dollars.
Petitions are being circulated il
Ray county asking for an election t,
vote $3.50, 900 in bonds for goo,
roads.
Gillian, which has put on an an
nual Colt Show that is known far an,
= wide, is the first town in Saline count.
to organize a Pig Club. The Club ha
begun business with a membership o
twenty-three.
The Hereford cattle breeders o
Scotland county met at Memphis las
Saturday and formed an association.
Plans r being made in Phelps
county to bond the county for $40,00t
for good roads.
A returned soldier in Howell county
recently found a new use for his ga
mask. A hive Of bees was swarmine
and defied capture. The soldier put
on his gas mask and a pair of gloves
and soon returned them to their hive
Road Bonds Carried in Howell.
The half million dollar road bond
issue has been adopted in Howell