Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-06-12

STOCK
NEWS
Montgomery County Farmers.

The Farm Bureau, under the direc-
ton of E II. Anderson, County Agent,
will conduct a farmers exchange and
labor bulletin at the Farm Bureau Of
flee in Montgomery City. A bulletin
board will be hung in the front win
dow listing everything the farmers
wish to sell or buy. At the same time
the farmers wishing to secure farm
help can list their wants on the bulle-
tin and an effort will be made to find
desirable laborers for those making
inquiry for same.
Though stock sales in Fulton, Mon
day was unusually quiet, Lee broth
ers, Mexico horse dealers, bought a
car load of horses that day. The ami
mails which cost them from 500 to
$3.50, were shipped Tuesday.
The 1919 Missouri wheat crop is
estimated at &c, 900, 900 bushels from
4,243,O 600 acres. 1t is said to be Il
per cent better than last year at this
time.
At the Miller & Son Shorthorn sale
in Granger, Mo-, recently so head of
cattle were sold for $4,000. An aver
age of $500 O per head. At this sale
S. P. Emmons & Son, Of this city
bought a brother of the Miller herd
bull, Cumberland Choice and out of
Maid of Gypsy Is, the herd bulls
mother. The Emmons purchase is an
extra fine one and known as Cumber-
lands Choice II. The purchase price
was not stated.
At the Rynas & Sons & Wells sale
of Shorthorns in Stockport, Ia, over
100000 worth of cattle was disper-
sed of in two days. S. P. Emmons
and son, of this city purchased two
fine heifers at this sale.
J. NJ. Overfelt shipped three car
loads of hogs from AuXvasse to st.
Louis, Monday. He bought n load
from w. R. Buckner, onc load from j..
C. English and the other load from
north Galloway feeders.
Col. jeff Woods, the well-known
horseman and live stock auctioneer of
Mexico, Mo-, celebrated bis recovery
from a two months siege of carbun-
cles with a visit to the local yards,
making his first trip to the st. Louis
market in ten weeks. Although car
buncles, it is aid will spoil tven The
very mildest~ disposition, jeff was just
as amiable and good natured as ever,
although he swears he has had SO of
them recently taken off of his neck.
The Colonel and his partner, Hubbard, |
were on the market for the purpose Of
buying a load of horses for shipment
to Bloomfield, Mo-, where they will
be disposed of at auction. The Col
onel is well known locally and enjoys
an enviable reputation for honesty |
and squareness in all of his deal
ings.-Live Stock Reporter.
The rainfall in Mexico and vicinity |
from 3 o'clock Monday morning until
Z o'clock Thursday morning was 3.36
inche4. During the month of May
it raihed II days. The rain fall WAS
not continuous for his length Of
time however. 1t rained continuously
on the dates between May the End and
9th. again on the 10th and between /
18th to Goth.
The total rainfall during last month
was 7 inches which is about an inch
and a half better than the average
rainfall during this period. The av-
erage for the month of May is from 5
to 6 inches.
With the present outlook for rain
in this month, it promises to be the
wcttest season for many years.
Streams are already overlooking and
every additional fall of water en-
dangers the crops to a greater ex-
tent.
AzdeIl Hogs Bring $20.35.
H. w. AzdeIl of Audrain county,
Mo-, was the recipient of one of the
best prices paid on the hog market
in St. Louis Wednesday, his consign-
mt selling at the satisfactory price
of s2O.35 per cwt. Mr.. Azdell had in
SO head, averaging PAS pounds at this
noteworthy price, which was within a
nickel of the days top.-Live Stock
Reporter.
fhe fine bay walking horse of Ell
mer Cunningham was sold this week
by his owner to a Fort Worth, Texas, /
buyer who wanted the animal for 1he
President of Cuba. The price was
$500. Mr.. Cunningham is one of the
county's best known horseman and
teh animal was highly priced by him.
The name of the animal is Rex Mar
quette.
j. L. Pitcher, south OF Paris, sold
a spring mule colt to Heitz Young last
week for delivery at weaving time for
$3.50. 1t is said to be an even better
colt than the one he sold to Mr.. Young |
last spring for $3.50. This makes ar
income of $500 from one mare for her
last two colts, a record that probably
has no equal in North Misouri.-Paris
Appeal.
Lee Bros, bought % head Of horses