Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-01-08

STOCK
NEWS

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New Corn ........ s1.36, s1J3S {:
> Oats 7Gc. 7sc (:
Wheat s2.4s, 1882, s2.55, S2.58 {:
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: Chicago May Jul,
Corn $1.354 Sl.33B
: Oa,s 84h TIA
j st. Louis Cash.
No. 4 Yellow Corn 49,. s1.49 to $3.50
No. 8 Yellow Corn 80. 1852 to Sl.53
l No. 8 White Oats ........ SO to 50 n
, E. st. Louis Stock Yards
Hogs $1,000 ........ 25c to 35c lower
Top s14.60
Cattle $500 Slow
Sheep 1000 Steady
In a shipment of raw furs made this
!, week Sam Morris sold a muskrat skin
, for $3.50. Mr.. Morris says it has
been only a short time since these
furs brought only about Is cents
each.
L. @. Swarner has bought a thous-
and head Of lambs within the past
few days which he is feeding for the
market.
A hog weighing 1,100 pounds, OWL
ed by L. Harrison of zeal Hannibal,
said to be the largest in the world,
sold for $1,000 under the auction
er's hammer last week. The animal
was purchased by L. c. Potter CT
Platts5urg, No. The animal is Al
inches tall, 81 inches in length and is
! years old. This price is said by
, Poland China hog experts to be the
largest ever paid for a hog in Mis-
souri,.
Some Of the highest prices paid for
mules this season were brought b.
some yearlings sold at the Shrout and
, Dean sale six miles southwest Of Mex
, leo Thursday. Several teams sold fer
more than $500, n sold for $3.50 and
one single yearling sold for $3.50. a
total Of - head Of mules and 25 head
Of draft mares were sold, and the
, amount of the sales was approximate
c ~ $25, 900 according to r. R. Arnold,
: who was clerk Of the sale.
Some Illinois buyers and many
stock men from ~neighboring towns
: attended the sale and bought some
, Of the animals.
: !, T, johnson, J. G. Ford. jeff
Woods, Bob Brown and Joe Gregory
were a~uctioneors. Dinner was served
- by ladies Of the Bethel Church. The
sale was reported to be one Of the
{ best Of the season, both in attendance
: and sales made.
J. A. Shrout, Of Illinois, brother Of
, W. A. Shrout, bought three carloads
4 Of mules in Audrain County Thurs,
= day. He paid N average price Of
$3.50 a head for them.
} The cars were bought from Jir,
Sims, Jim Rutter and W. A. Shrouti
RI from the latter at his sale.
: The number Of head Of live stock
c in Audrain County was greater in the
year 1918, according to the report Of
= the State Board Of Agriculture. thar
y the number in any Of her neighboring
Co. counties.
V In number Of cattle and hogs Aud,
O rain was not surpassed by any of hel
= seven bordering counties; she mac
73,212 head of hogs and 33,247 hea,
70 Of cattle. The number of sheep il
this county was equalled only by Mon
' roe and Galloway counties, the tota
|c here being 37,941.
Horses here numbered 14,2S6 at tn,
/, GIN u AooS SNaAi anu WHY -IOliLO
County's number surpassed this, Their,
D being 1880 head within her boun
. daries. Audrain County owners pos
- sessed 6,058 mules. None of her Dor
)c dering counties had more than thi
| number except Boone, which hao
~ $3.50.
~ Frank Maher, of the firm of Maize
- Brothers & Edwards, East St. Loui
<g mule dealers, bought so head of mule
1c in Galloway county, Saturday. II
x bought 25 head from Little" ReubeI
Shryock; of Stephens, for $50
= apiece, and % head from Wills. Davis
Jc south of Stephens, for $685. around
10 The animals were to have been ship
ped from Columbia, Sunday.-Fulto'
X Gazette.
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