Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-07-29

the field for the worms. Mr..
Hensel reported that the following
morning a greater number of the
were dead and no serious dam
age had been done.
A good many farmers from Carroll
County have reported slight damages
from the Army worm; in fact, one
pasture of about 120 acres of grass
was so badly infested that it became
necessary to move the cattle to an
other pasture.
j. F. Parker of Audrain county,
Mo-, sold a good drove Of Angus year.
ling steers on the st. Louis market
Wednesday at $16.25 per cwt. Con-
signment embraced 80 head that av-
eraged 1871 lbs at the price. Armour
& Co., took the string. MI. Parker
told a Reporter representative that
he bought these cattle in the west
seven months age and has fed them
since then on a ration of corn, cotton
seed cake and Tarkio and Excello mo-
lasses feeds The cattle had also been
on feed for two months before he
bought them. Seven months ago the
beeves scaled at 800 lbs.-Live Stock
Reporter.
Ledger readers will recall a recent
item in this paper concerning a team
of mules owned by Hugh Black, near
Fulton, each received a broken leg in
an accident there last spring and Of
j. c. Herman pleading not to kill
! them as he could make the legs sound
again. The team was turned over to
him and loading them in a truck they
were hauled to his farm. Last week,
according to the Fulton Gazette, Mr..
Herman announced the team would
soon be ready to work and excepting a
slight limp one would never know
they had been injured. The case was
watched with interest by many of this
section who are pleased with the re-
suit.
+. L. Baehr, who formerly lived in
this city is now farming near Poca-
hontas, H., and reports that his corn
is in fine condition.
Marvin Weeds, Of the WoodIawn
vicinity, gives us a sure remedy to
get rid of chinch bugs. His remedy is
the use of any kind Of fertilizer scat
tered along the edge of the field the
pests started into. They will moi
cross the fertilizer and Marvin says
many crops have been saved in his
n in that way.-Madison Times
Ed Crooks. formerly of this county
who is farming near SiEeston, writes
g, friends in this city that there is a bun
; per corn crop in his section and tn
r corn is made. There vas q four and
d.. half inch rain there Sunday night.
3. 4. Powell lost a good horse thi
. week from lockjaw.
Joe C6hsidine has again made
t ~sod Weld in wheat. He has just CON
plctcd thrcshing what he raised o
e los acres Of good land and it totale
= 22o5 bushels. or an average Of
bushels to the acre. He sold it fc
81 IS. Part Of this was raised on
l. acres he recently sold for $50 an acl
g Averaging about $5S an acre NJ
C5nsidine says that this proves Au'
ra;n land is far too low and thoS
J. who claim it has been bringing hia
nriccs don't know what they are tall
a ing about,
% Many fields Of corn in the easte'
s. part Of Audrain County are being Gle
10 troyed by chinch bugs, according
re reports from that section The pre-
rs alence of the insects this summer h
re brought forth a flood Of literature
ID the various manners CT combattIl
r the bugs.
re F.. G. Kraege, county farm agent I
&c Marion County, advises a spray
mt kerosene emulsion He POINTS cut tt
nd spraying will kill such of the bu
of are are reached by the spray, and "
not injure the corn.
a Kerosene emulsion is made by d
ak solving one-half poun1 Of comm
M laundry soap in n gallon Of UoiIi
bit water. This mixture should be chul
ed into suds and while it is still h
,au two gallons of kerosene are add
Ids A force pump is used to churn t
ca, mixture until it is cream"iike in
ad- ~nearance. A dilution, formed by