Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-03-25
Chicago

issues challenge to Poland China
| fanciers to meet a record he has Just
established on seven pigs he raised
and which were winter fed. He saws
if anyone wants to try to beat his
record here is their chance and all he
asks is that they stick to winter
ration. These seven Durocs are six
months an dtwo days old and weighed
total of 1885 or little better than
an average of 226 pounds. They were
fed corn, tankage and skim milk from
two Jersey cows. Let's see who can
beat this.
A permanent organization of
farmers community club, which will
initially result in the building of
corporation grain elevator, was effect
ed at meeting Of Auxvasse COM
munity farmers, held at Auxvasse,
Saturday. They are raising fund of
| $40, 900.
J. H. Scott, of near Martinsburg,
one of Audrain's leading farmers, is
looking for dog. If you have one to
dispose of see him. He will tell you
the kind of an animal he requires. See
hlm at once as he wishes the dog at
once.
Chas. MCGOWAN, well knowl
farmer southwest of this city, reports
3 large crop of oats will be sown in
his section. He says the wheat looks
excellent though there is not much in.
Practically no cattle are on feed there
and the farm labor situation is serious,
j. II. Scott, Jr., recently paid 5000
for pair of Clyde draft mares and
SG05 for a pair of English Shires.
9TH safe in foal. These they wi,
use with their Hart-Parr tractor to
handle their big crop.
T. M. Dowell, one of the county's
leading farmers, is feeding a good
load of lambs.
Probably the first oats sown in
this county were put in early m March
by J. II. Scott and son, of near Mar
tinsburg.- They expect to put in al
together about 2S5 acres. They had
ten acres in Saturday when the freeze
stopped them. They have 80 acres in
wheat that is reported to be the best
in this section of the state.
w. H. Ray, we'll known Audrain
farmer, says the farmers in his Sec
tion, Eureka school district, are pre-
pairing to put in large acreage of
oats and that sowing will likely start
at once. He says only a small crop
of wheat was put in there and that it
looks only fairly good. Little stock is
being fed thereand the shortage OF
labor is affecting the crop prospects.
]. C. Bauer, who farms northwest of
this city, says the wheat is only fair in
spots in his section and that only a
small acreage has been put in, So
far no oats have been sown.
c. W. Dodd, who mas a farm six
miles southwest of this city, says
there is much less wheat planted in
his section than last year and that
it only looks fair, the last rain having
helped it some. Very little stock is
being fed in that section, in fact much
less than usual.
Saturday there was sale of Iowa
farm draft mares at Middleton's barn
in Mexico. Among the sales were the
following: John T. Wayne paid $187
each for pair Of 5 year olds, Frank
Cook $170 each for a pair, Lee Shock
$210 each for a pair and $167.50 each
for another team, H. Durgery $427.5O
for a team. There was quite lot Of
buyers present and nineteen head in
all was disposed Of.
According to E. T. Haycraft, of
Audrain county, Mo-, man now
stands better chance on feeding cat
tie for the summer market than he
did last fall and winter in feeding
out for the spring trade. "This VIM
ter feeding with high priced grain is a
hard proposition to go up against"
stated Mr.. Haycraft. "You have to