Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-06-19
STOCK
NEWS

Z. J. Hall, of Bachelor, was III Mex
leo Thursday, and stated he had to
replant all of his corn.
A Real Pig Record.
Hugh Florence, a farmer near New
London has established a record of
narrowing with nine sows. lie has
f.. nd no other hog breeder that can
anywhere near equal the achievement
Nine of his pure-bred Duroc-Jersey
scws narrowed Ill pigs and he saved
rs of them. One SOW narrowed 10,
another Is, and a third IA, bringing
TIE average of the whole herd close to
Is. If any of our enterprising farm
crs can beat or equal this record we
would like to hear from them.
Knox County Soy Beans.
Knox County farmers will plant soy
beans in more than 1000 acres of corn
this year. Three years ago no soy
beans were grown in Knox county.
That the farmers of the county
have increased their fiocks of sheep
by 50 per cent over the number
they had two years ago, is the as
sertion of J. f. Hoban, local whole
sale dealer, in the C~arrollton Republic
can-Record. "The sheep-growers are
SO well satisfied with the returns on
their stocks that they are increasing
them all the time" Mr.. Hoban said.
Audrain county farmers should OBJ
tain their fertilizers for the fall sea-
o of 1919 at an average price of
about 80 per cent less than the price
which obtained for the spring season
just passed, according to an an
nouncemept made this week by the
Department of Agriculture. Accord
ing to the announcement, the prices
should be from $21.75 to $56.25 per
ton for ammonia, phospkoric acid and
potash compounds, to which manufac-
turers have agreed. The
mcnt, is was said, could not be con-
strued as a giving of prices, but ere
fected the action of the department
in dealing with the fertilizer trade IN
der terms of the food control act"
Remarkable Profit in Sheep.
Eight years ago, says the Shelbina
Democrat, Bob Threlkeld, then only
Il years old, bought a eve lamb for
$l.85, so small that he carried 1t in
his arms. He pade arrangements
with a farmer to keep the eve for him
for half the wool and half the IN
crease. Since that time he has had
his sheep with various farmers, who
have charged from onc-half to two
tifths of the increase and wool for
caring for his sheep. He now has
p sheep and 81 lambs which have
Lot cost him a penny, besides the or
iginal outlay of $1.85. He received
last year from the sale of wood and
1926 and this year his wool
brought him $72.80. He will sell
some Of his lambs later. His income
head for the ewes he kept. We be-
lieve this is the largest per cen of
profit on the amount invested ever
made and if anyone can beat it, we
would like to hear from them.-Paris
Appeal.
Within two years Roy Tanning of
near Laddonia has raised 1926 worth
of pigs from one SOW and still re-
tains the sow and a litter of SOL.
pigs.
NJ. K. Armstrong was in Stouts-
Vile Tuesday of last week and while
here brought to this office a sample
of very fine oats which he had grown
on his farm, says the Monroe County
Star. The cats measured two and a
half feet in length and certainly were
If very fine quality.
st. Clair and Marvin Emmons, j. D.
King and S. D. Pond of near Moline.
have purchased & Case tractor and
separator from the Mutton Motor
Company.
J. G. Waggoner, of Western Aud
rain shipped 249-lbs., of wool from %
sheep not long since, an average of
l0k lbs, to the head.
and VIII Patterson of Galloway
County passed through her Sunday
night with 200 head of cattle for the
St. Louis Market. They were on the
market Tuesday and brought good
prices. these cattle were a fine bunch
and topped off with Fatena
Checker Board feed.
Tie annual convention of the Feder-
alton of Missouri Commercial Clubs
held at Jefferhon City June %
The Missouri Federation of Wom8ns
will take an active part in the
convention lot which arrangements