Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-04-15
STOCK
NEWS


s. P. Utterback Of Ardrain county
NO. sold a drove Of Whiteface steer.
on the st. Louis market Wednesday
April z at SLABS. They averaged
1850 pounds. "These were western
raised cattle" stated Mr.. Utterback
that | purchased as feeders las
September. They weighed 1015 pound.
then and cost me $1,000 per cwt. ]
put them on feed shortly after l got
them, using corn, Purina Fatena mo-
lasses feed and a little timothy hay,
The steers were fed corn freely. In
months they gained about 500 pounds
to the head. The corn I fed cost me
$1.25 but grain is today worth $1.60
with US. While this has not been a
very successful season for the beef
makers, I expect to stay by the game
and take on more cattle this summer
provided conditions look anywhere
near right to me."-Live Stock Re
porter.
Two Cuban buyers are in Mexico
for the purpose of getting horses.
They purchased thirteen animals
Thursday, five of them from Lee
Bros, and the others from local men.
They want to obtain twenty-five, if
possible, while they are here, and may
be in the CT ty several days.
VILLISCA, Ia, April "a thor
oughbred Poland China hog which
Williams Brothers, breeders of this
place bought about fifteen months ago
from L. R. McLannon of Braddville,
Ia, for $265, has been sold by them at
private sale to W. H. Ellsworth of
Goldfeld, Ia, for the record price of
$4,000, said to be the highest price
ever paid for a hog in the United
States, if not in the world.
John Sprecher, Guy Miller and
Bert and Ro2ksey Sanford, all of the
Calwood neighborhod, have secured
positions with farmers in Audrain
county. Young Sprecher, who is a
graduate of an automobile school, is
to operate tractors and farm trucks,
while the Others are to do general
work. In their home neighborhood
they have the reputation of being de-
endable boys who will stick to their
jobs.-Fulton Gazette.
The board Of directors of the Full
ton Commercial Club agreed at a
meeting held Tuesday afternoon to
try to raise in Fulton one-tenth as
much for the proposed permanent
highway from the Fulton Special Road
District to the Audrain county line
pendable boys who will stick to their
persons.-Fulton Gazette.
Phil Shire says he expects to an
rounce for County Superintendent Of
Schools next time. He has taken Of
Tense at Superintendent Ofutt for not
a frog judging contest on the
Schools program in Mexico
They are overlooking an in
which has made Audrain fam
Gus" said Mr.. Shire. MY frogs are
the best in the world and the time will
come when Audrain will appreciate
my herd of short horns"
Through the courtesy of the Hon.
Champ Clark and A. P. Green four
hundred packages of garden seeds
were distributed to the employees of
the brick plant Saturday afternoon.
The Twill be used in putting in gar
dens on rguonds that has been donated
to the men by the Brick Plant.
Ten fine walking horses werebought
in McCredie and Auxvasse last week
by Joe Fernando Valdes and Jose Cas-
tiello Caras, Of Havana, Cuba, who are
in this section of the state getting
animals to be used on their sugar
plantations neal Havana. They have
purchased some from Lee Brothers
and will ship a car load from Mexico
as loon as they have succeeded in
getting the full twenty-five.
One of the best they have bought in
Galloway was one from Claude Berry,
Of McCredie, for $3.50. Howard Muir
also sold a walking mare to them for
$500. Other purchases were from