Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-07-31

r. II. OTOsDyI VI "SAAS0,
to have bought two farms in north
Galloway, recently. He bought an 60
acre place, north of Bachelor, belong
ing to MIN Wilkerson, Of Auxvasse,
for $50 an acre. He also bought the
159-acre farm known as the j. s.
Laws place, near Hickory Grove school
house, from the Auxvasse Bank for
sos an acre.-Fulton Gazette.
Although the past few days have
been record breakers for heat, the gov
eminent weather bureau in Columbia
predicts a shower within the next few
days. This will bring temporary re-
lief to the corn crop of Audrain coun-
ty.
There is a possibility of a drought
this year as there was last but it is
thought that the crops will not suffer
as severely because up until July IL
there were continuous showers in this
part of the country. The drought last
year started about July 26 and lasted
until August 9. Four days Of hot
wind finished the crop.
Reports from the Audrain county
farmers are that their corn is moi
| suffering greatly as yet but it is in
need of rain. The state of Skiing
J tassel has begun and it is necessary
to have a good rain soon for the best
results.
Col. J. T. johnson, one Of Audrain
county, Mos most prominent feeders
and shippers was on Mondays st.
Louis market with a load of steers
averaging 962 pounds that sold for
SLABS, a very satisfactory sale to the
Colonel. He is seen on the market
frequently with good cattle and while
this drove was one he purchased in
the vicinity of his home he is a maker
of fat cattle whose reputation extends
all through the middle west.-Live
Stock Reporter.
Tuesday evening after eight O'Clock
, there were sixty wagon loads of wheat
lined up waiting to unload at the ele'
vator in Laddonia.
The Globe Democrat of last week
/, tells of a bet of $500 by G. N. AXE
t man, of the live stock commission
firm Of Bright Akeman & Co., tina
3 the top on hogs would reach $50 b!
s September LIST. Henry Hueschle, VIII
S is an authority on hogs at the yards
and known to many Audrain count
e stockmen, entertains a different opin
ion; hence the wager.
e Luther Powell, who farms nea
n Thompson, has 40 acres of extra goo
s. corn. He has on display in the Dooll
IS Motor Co., salesroom here, a stalk
lie corn 100 inches high with two roast
ing ears on it which he says is an ave-
lie age from the field.
S. A 3-~months-old pet fox owned
of Willard Willingham, fire truck drive
died Friday. Mr.. Willingham had Il
co fox tied in the zeal Of the fire depar
Ill ment building. Harvey Lakeland ga
es the fox to Mr.. Willingham when
Of was only two weeks old. 1t is n
90 known what the cause of the ANNA
death was.
~, SEDALIA, Mo-, July 2S.-The lar
est wheat yield in Central Nilsson
III was on the farm of Roy Petty, ne
,ht Sedalia. 1t was forty bushels to t
on acre and is graded No. 2. When
Of threshing is finished in Pettis corr
alf the belief is the average acreage W
APPS be ten to twelve bushels to the acre
the Morgan county will vote Aug'
26th on a road bond issue of $4,000
George Mereness of Missouri c
has sold his crop of $500 bushels
potatoes at $2.85 per hundred poun
d. L. Harcourt, a Chicago dairy
pert, has been delivering lectures
Douglass county in aid of the da
industry.
Walter Williams of Slater has p
chased a milking machine, and n
milks his seventeen H~olsteins with
aid of a gasoline engine.
The Ozark Duroc Jersey Breed
Association was organized recer
on the farm of E. NJ. Smith, sou
east of Springfield.