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Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-02-10
Plans Budget for Co-Ed.

COLUMBIA, Mo-, Feb. Figuring
that the average woman student at
the University Of Missouri gets a
monthly allowance of $50, a recent
meeting Of the Young Women's Chris
tian Association of the University dis
cussed a budget that included 1923 for
food, $3.50 for rent, $3.50 for clothes,
and $15 a month for the higher life,
including books, lectures, concerts,
and the like. Too much eating between
meals was cited by one speaker as one
cause Of a waste of money by some Of
the University women.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-02-10
SPELLING THE REANS

THE best indication of whether a
"vc~'9n is q rood ~housekeeper or not
is the amount Of time she spends
telling the neigihors the family trou-
bles. Father is no good at all, accord
ing to her classification, and the
neighbors wonder how he amounts to
hat much having to live with her.
She must get her supply of tears
ON the water co~mpany-she always
r07 hem on tap. She's as cheerful as
a death notice and as welcome as a
protested check.
The women with useless husbands
ere too busy earning a living for the
family to tell the world about an
obvious fact.
The only chance some men have is
when their wives die-and the death
of the wife in other families means
that father will have to go to work.
Upsetting the frijoles regarding the
status of the family's home life for
the entertainment of the neighbors is
no burden to hang on any self-re-
speeding back fence Drape the fam
ily washing. along its sagging pickets,
smother it with dust laden carpets at
house cleaning time but do not soil
is weatherbeaten sides with the
muddy linen of the household.
IF you have family troubles grin
and bear them, like a lot of fine folks
do. The best regulated engine will
miss now and then on a cylinder but
that is no reason to condemn the
whole machine. In the family as well
as the engine it is quite likely the
carbon causing the trouble was of
your own making.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-02-10
NEVER GROW UP.


FEMINIST and Author, Miss Jane
Burr, Of New York, queries if a man
should be master in his own home ?
She says he should be a master, but
not in his home as home is a depart
ment affair, and anyway, a man never
grows up.
Woman, God bless her, never lets
man grow up. In fact before there
are children in the family she mothers
thehusband and when the kiddies do
-ome she continues to mother father
with the little ones.
I'll acknowledge that this mother
ing business should not be objection
able to any sane man. In fact it is
one of the wonderful things in a
happy home-an expression of love
that is rooted in the inmost heart of
hearts of woman.
However there should be a limit to
the extent of this mothering. When
the wife, with the parental instinct
SEES the rolling pin on father instead
of the admonitory ruler delegated for
the child, this attitude has gone alto
gether too far.
The kind of mothering a man US
ually wants is what the old maids who
write so wisely on the raising Of chill
dren designate as spelling" And
you can't blame the man-that is the
nature of the animal.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-02-10
MRS. LOUISE EGE
DIES At HOME
OF DAUGHTER

Mrs. Louise Eye, mother Of Mrs.
J. C. Webb, died at 8 o'clock last
night at the home Of Mrs. Webb seven
miles north Of town,from the effects of
a paralytic stroke. Burial will be at
Bloomington, ILL.,, on Thursday.
Mrs. Eye leaves three daughters,
Mrs. Oscar Alsup Of Bloomington, ILL.,,
Mrs. Oscar Lind of Kansas City, Mo-,
and Mrs. j. C. Webb of Mexico. She
also leaves tire sons, W. F. Eye of
Springfield, Mo. Mr.. Louis Eye of
Mexico, and Mr.. Edward Keener of
California, and two granddaughter,
of Mexico, Miss Edna and Louise Hal
Ter.
Mrs. Eye. vas se~yenty-two years of
age and spent most of her life in
Bennington before moving to Mexico.
She has been here for about three
years.
The Ledger extends sympathy to
the bereaved.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-02-10
Lifting Case In Europe
Exposed Here Years Ago

John Coulon, the little American
boxer started the lifting craze in Eur
ope and strange as this may seem
what he is doing today to startle the
scientists abroad was done in Mexico
about rs years ago and a threatened
libel suit against the Ledger for its
participation in the unusual affair at
tention.
Anna May Abbot, known on the
stage as THE Little Georgia Magnet
and claiming unusual magnetic power,
was a theatrical sensation in America
a quarter of a century ago. She Wis
tied Mexico and gave her perform
n Prof. Dinsmore, of the engi-
neering faculty of the University
Of Missouri, witnessed her seance
and Immediately following it exposed
all her tricks for that was what they
were, to the editor of the Ledger.
The next day the Ledger published
a complete expose of the Little Mag
net" and as a result received a
lengthy telegram from her manager
in Chicago threatening to sue the
paper for a large sum unless our
charges were retracted.
Because it was the first time the
performer had been exposed and her
unusual prominence in the public eye
at the time, attracted nationwide at
tention and when Nellie BLY,, a fam
u women writer on the New York
World, wired the Ledger she would
testify in the Ledger's behalf if Miss
Abbot sued and would prove our
charges true, the matter was dropped.
Miss Bly, came into prominence
when she made the trip around the
world in less than in the those days
famous $50 days" She offered to
come to our assistance in the case
without cost saying she could prove
Miss Abbot a fake.
Now Johnny CouIon, slight in figure
and weighing a few pounds over a
hundred, defies the strongest men to
lift him from the floor. All Coulon
does when the test is made is to place
his right hand on the left wrist of the
person making the attempt and his
left hand finger tips on the filters
neck just under the right ear No
matter how hard he strains, the litter
cannot bulge him. If the fingers are
taken away from under the ear he is
easily hoisted from the floor.
There are a lot of other tricks along
the same line that are a part of the
performance all of which, when ex-
palined, are SO simple you wonder
how you were ever fooled.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-02-10
WILL
GIVE CHAMP
CLARK JOB

WASHINGTON, February 9.-At
least two leading Democrats who want
down to defeat in the Republican land
slide last November viii be invited to
take Office under the Harding admin
istration. They are Representative
Champ Clark of Missouri, minority
leader of the House, and Senator
George F. Chamberlain of Oregon.
Senator Harding has sent word to
the Capitol that he has great admira-
ton for both Senator Chamberlain and
former Speaker Clark, and is said to
have asked that a watch be kept for
posts that would be suitable for them
on one of the commissions under the
government.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-02-10

THE American newspaper cores
pondents in England were called to-
gether this week and a member of the
British diplomatic service made them
an address the burden Of which was
that America and Britain are on the
path toward war but that the difficult
ties can be easily adjusted by dip
lomacy. There doesn't seem to be any
clear understanding what the Difficult
ties are, but there is one thing that
erica are through with, if they have
any say in the matter, and that is
WAR. Whatever the conditions are
that r behind the statement we can
accept the matter as another indica-
ton of the mistake of America not be-
ing in a League of Nations which
would eliminate any uncertainty such
as exists at present and make for the
assurance Of a satisfactory under
standing within a short time.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-02-10
Would Make
Thrift A Grade
School Study

State Superintendent of Schools,
Sam A. Baker, called a meeting Of
County Superintendent at jefferson
City, February 4, to consider school
measures Of Importance while the
Legislature is in session. Some Of
the measures that the superintendent
hope to accomplish are the introduc-
ton of the study of thrift along with
the common branches of grade school
study, allowing more state money to
be placed with rural schools, and the
county unit plan.
Complete returns of the meeting
are not vet available, but in a few
days all that has ben accomplished
will be made public.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-02-10
On An.American Athletic Team.

COLUMBIA, Mo-, Feb. jackson
Y. Schola, sprinter, and Brutus Hamil-
ton, all-around athlete, both of the
University of Missouri, have been
named on the All-American track and
field team for 1920, according to the
list in the official athletic almanac.
Of the thirty-three events for which
athletes are named, only eight are
filled by men designated as represent
ing colleges or universities. Two of
these eight places are given to the
University of Missouri. One place
apiece goes to Williams College, Cor
nell, Dartmouth, Dubuque, the Uni
versity of Washington, and Kansas.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-02-10
LANGUAGE THEY UNDERSTAND

THE new police regime in Kansas
City has started a cleanup of Grim
mails that has many points of interest.
Perhaps one Of the greatest outstand-
ing features is the plain English used
in telling crooks and suspected crooks
just what their position in the future
will be in that city.
To one man the Chief of Police said
that if he didn't keep away from ban
dts as associates and continue to go
straight the next time he was brought
into the police station would likely be
on a "slab." Others were given hours
to leave town and still others, of the
more desperate type and the more no.
torious were told that when the police
saw them again they would start
shooting.
The terms may sound a bit hard
but that is the language the crook best
understands. Treat him kindly and
he thinks he has the "edge" on you
and becomes overbearing. Incidentally
political pull has failed to intercede
for the crooks there, as in the past,
and they have been informed that
there will be no fronting" in the fu-
ture.
A city with politically protected
crooks is so deep in the mire that the
best citizens are despatched with
mud.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-02-10

W. S. Vivion, northwest of Nc
Creole, shipped a load Of fat mules to
st. Louis Tuesday.
Receipts at the st. Louis horse and
mule market during January were the
lightest for this particular month in
rs years, or since the market was
founded on its present site in 1895.
The decrease as compared with last
January was 24,349 head, or practic-
ally rs per cent. The total number of
arrivals was 1852, as against 32,712
for the same month the preceding
year.-Live Stock Reporter.
John W. Greed, Of Auxvasse, had
three loads of 950-pound fat steers on
Tuesdays ST. Louis market. Eighty
head sold for $3.50 a hundredweight,
and the other load went at $3.50. Mr..
Creed bought the cattle last fall and
had had them on ~fattening rations.
An early advance in the price of
horses and mules is predicted by
Prof. E. T. Trowbridge, chairman of
the animal husbandry department of
the University of Missouri. Trow-
bridge bases his prediction on the
fact that there is a decided shortage
in the number of young horses which
will create a demand for horses and
mules of a more mature age.
John P. Rudasil, near Long Branch,
has been out Of the cattle feeding
game for two seasons now. Exper-
fence, he says, taught him that such
markets as he had been having could
not last and he quit when the ice be-
gan to get thin. "We farmers made
plenty of money during the war and
really ought to take the present de-
preston with some degree Of patience,
remembering how enthusiastic we
were when things were going u
way, says Mr.. Rudasil.-Paris APP
peal.
EAU CLAIRE, Wis, Feb. 4.-Sport,
ia Scotch collie dog, rescued thirty
head of cattle from a bhrning barn on
the farm Of A. j. Danielson, at Halls
recently. Danielson was unable to
get the cows out, but the dog went in
and drove them, one by n from their
stalls. Damage to the barn and con-
tents was estimated at $4,000.
Ira Cottrill, near McCredie, prob
ably deserves the prize for killing the
biggest hog in Galloway county for
meat. He reports that he butchered
a Poland China recently that tipped
the scales at 1902 pounds and that AZ
gallons of lard was rendered from the
porker.
The Dysart & Brown mule sale at
Hallsville Tuesday was a success in
every way. Large attendance, spir-
tied bidding and good prices being OBJ
tanned. Thirty-fve head Of mules sold
for an average Of 5000 with the top
pair going t. Joe Considine, of
Thompson, for s653.-Centralia Cour-
Ter.
John w. Greed, of Auxvasse, who
sold four loads Of young steers in St..
Louis theirst Of the weekat $3.50 and.
$3.50 a hundred, bought the animals
on the market last fall at $3.50 to.
$3.50 a hundred. He fed them after
ward, and though he bought them
cheap they did not pay ont.
". d. Mayo Of near Earl, killed a
ge gray eagle and took II to Full
ton Monday, stock sales d y to show
The size 81 bis Kill. The eagle meas
ures seven feet from, tip To tip of'
wing and his claws were large enough
10 seize and hold A large lamb.
WI. ~ Whitney holds the record for
early gardening. He had big lettuce
bed ID Feb. lat.
N "EM HNN ZEL 2A WI
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-02-10

THERE are 100000 Chinese
starving. A contribution of 8 cents
day will save one life a day; 81 will
one life one month; SIS a life until
harvest; SIS a family for q month and
$25 will save a family until spring
This is a most necessary charity and
one that all should help in.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-02-10
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE


Notice is hereby given, that letters
of Administration upon the estate Of
JAMES C. WEBB, Deceased,
have been granted to the undersigned
EDA WEBB, by the Probate
Court of Audrain County, Missouri,
bearing date the 3rd day Of February,
1921.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit
them to her for allowance within six
months from the date of said letters,
or they may be precluded from any
benefit of such estate; and if said
claims be not exhibited within one
wear from the date Of granting said
letters, they will be forever barred
EDA WEBB,
Administrative.
Attested by me this Ord day of Feb
ruAry, 1921.
(SEAL) BESS WOODS,
51-4t Clerk of the Probate Court.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-02-10
BENTON CITY.

John Balder shipped a load of sheep
to st. Louis Tuesday night.-R. Hen
dirk is unloading a car of corn in Ben
ton City. = Chris Erisman and Bert
Miller shipped cattle to st. Louis
Monady night. - Mrs. Goodson has
bought the Toni Harlin property just
south of the depot.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-02-10

Table Linens, Napkins, Towels and
Crashes, Domestics, Sheetings, Pillow
Tubings, new line of Administer Rugs
just from the mills. All at about half
the former prices. All goods on the
new price basis. Let us show you.
RICKETTS, g. EMMONS D. G. co.
34-2t wit
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-02-10

THE weather this time Of year is
hard on q mans mind. Some days
you wonder why a person would ever
want to go 70 Florida in the winter,
and then, again, you decide the fellow
shat does 90 is a wise bird"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-02-10

The county court let contracts today
to G. T. Elliott for the building of
two new rooms in the court house, one
Of which will be occupied by the coun-
ty school superintendent and one by
he county treasurer
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-02-10

Mrs. Lottie Gibson, of Desota, Kas.,
who was here to attend the funeral of
her mother, Mrs. R. IS. Mckinney, was
called home Wednesday because her
son had developed ~diphtheria.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-02-10

The Davie Motor Car Company, st.
Louis, Mo, have originated a Go
operative Selling Plan of selling
automobiles direct to the user, where
by the purchaser saves big money by
buying direct from the wholesaler.
See their ad in this issue.
Jan 81, Feb 3, 10, II, March 8, z, 81
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-02-10

The Columbia Daily Tribune quotes
Chas. W. Green as follows on the mule
situation: "Charles Green, of Mob
erly, a member of the firm of w. l..
Green e. Son, Centralia, n Of the
largest buyers Of horses and mules in
the country, was in Columbia Wednes-
day for the purpose of buying mules
for his firm. Mr.. Green said while
there was not now much of a market
for mules, but they had shipped two
or three carloads lately and were look
ing for some Improvement IN the
market, Those Of us who had mules
on hand at the time Of the mule slump
have been compelled TO take ourlosses.
They were a good deal, but it is better
to do this than keep them on feed and
run the risk Of a future increase IN
prices if there is any, being as much
asthe feeding would cost. However,
I suppose after the cleanup, we can
all begin over again with the hope
that the mule business will get back to
its normal basis"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-02-10

1T is reported that the Republican
party may have d ticket il che fels
at the city election This spring. How,
ever nothing definite hasA been learn.
ed concerning any such move.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-02-10

y E. E. Reed, Of Fulton, president Of
Westminster College, was in town
Monday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-02-10

DR.. w. H. Hickman accompanied DR..
r, M. Shouse to Kirksville Wednesday
morning, where DR.. Shouse will prob
ably undergo an operation.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-02-10

THERE is nothing soft about
'hardp luck neither is there about
good luck. The fellow looking for
something soft. usually has the form
.er and the latter is USUALLY the pro
dict Of eHords work.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-02-10

G5 STOCK FARM FOR SALE
CHEAP:--Buy direct from owner. Nd
agent. 269 acres in Pike county, 8
miles east Of Edgewod on Short Line;
1870 acres open land in blue grass,
timothy and alfalfa; good buildings,
fences, water, etc., phone inh6use,
daily mail delivery, school on land.
Special price Of $50 per acre for inn
mediate sale and possession March LIST
includes Is cows, Is sheep, 20 hogs.
and pigs, farm implements, etc.
PERCY ALEXANDER, Owner, St.
Charles, Missouri. SLIT
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-02-10
SEED FOR SALE
NEW AND TESTED

Red Clover, Timothy, Kentucky
Blue Grass, Rape Seed, German Millet,
Orange Cane, Kaffir Corn.
Soft SAM MORRIS.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-02-10

Mrs. David Hollopeter had twelve
little chicks hatch Monday. This is
one Of the first hatchings of the
season in Mexico.
A large crowd attended tie William
p. Mollet sale Wednesday BIZ mir, Mol
lets farm near Rush Hill. The sale
was clerked BY Mr.. McCune of Lad
donia, and was ~antcioneered bg + g.
Ford.
Cows brought from $50 70 $50 =
head, and the average price for iiogs
was us. Much 81 the fsrEa nachia-
e4Iy ind household g0ua good
I ces. me wonsp 81 tls
chprrh served dinner
John r. Bucknsr, near Auxga
sod 4 load oF Cat mules on the 3
Eolis market Tuesday At $3.50 around
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-02-10

WANTED:-Every person who
a milk COW to try one sack of
PollOck's "Cow Smile"
WIN. POLLOCK MILL & ELEv. CO.
d1w1
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-02-10

THERE is one satisfaction about
having to 30 through 4 BUSINESS de-
pressionafter It is over you can de-
pend upon II that Times viii be bot
ter.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-02-10

Miss Cordie MCGOWAN returned to
Mexico Monday after visiting rel
atives in Galloway.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-02-10

Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Upham, who
have been visiting relatives in Indian
apolis, are expected home this week.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-02-10

GY7WANTED:-Placeon farm by
experienced young man. Call Ledger
office. wit
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-02-10

@7FoR SALE-Registered Duroc-
Jersey gifts and makes; granddaught-
ers and grandsons Of "Great Wonder
1 Am" and "Top Sow" by "Pathfind-
er." O. H. ERDED, Rush Hill, Mo.
49-3t-p
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-02-10

FOR SALE OR TRADE:-on
easy terms, good house, barn, and out
buildings on three lots. Also four va
cant lots on Washington Ave. ALL
close in. Ala N. Clark. w1t-p
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-02-10

Mrs. M. L. Elzea Of vandalia was j
Mexico visitor Tuesday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-02-10

Georgette Waists at half price for a
few days only. RICKETTS, & EN-
MONS D. G. co. 34-2t wit
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-02-10

DR.. F. M. Shoush left at noon today
for Kirksvills to be operated on,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-02-10

U. S. Civil Service Examination
for Postmaster at Laddonia, Mo-, will
be held in Mexico, No., March 18th,
1921.
Application blanks will be furnished
at the Laddonia Post Office to all who
desire to take this examination. The
office-pays $170O a year.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-02-10

DR.. Fred Griffin went to st. Louis
on a short visit Wednesday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-02-10

EPFoR SALES room house Obj
A lots; good living well; good oub
buildings; fruit trees. ]. A. COX,
Benton City, Mo. 45-tf
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-02-10

Walter j. Hafner Of Rush Hill was
a Mexico visitor Tuesday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-02-10

Mrs. M. E. Barneby has moved tx
1921 N. Washington street.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-02-10

Mr.. and Mrs. Garther Berry Of
Rush Hill were Mexico visitors Tues
day.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-02-10

John W. V~andiver, Shelbina, Mo-,
makes the following report to the
Democrat of his poultry business for
the last fiscal year:
Began year with 500 hens.
Closed year with 260 old hens and
400 pullets. Total $50.
Total No. eggs layed ........ 55,84O
Average per hen ........... 1876
Returns
Eggs sold, 4047 doz. ...... $2,022.9S
Matching eggs sold, 1923
at &c .............. Zf4.o4
Hens and young chickens
sold 1000
(Hens were sold for breed
ing purposes at good price,
Eggs used for setting AMI
eating 321 doz. ...... 10000
Increase flock 100 hens 10000
Total returns ......... s3,486.59
Cost
Corn. 800 Blu. at $3.50 ...... $4,000
Oats, $50 blu. at Coo ........ 10000
Mill feed, shell, bedding,
tankage, etc ......... $4,000
$950.OO
Net returns above cost of
feed $2,536.58
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-02-10

Mrs. W. F. Thomas returned Mon
day from Fulton wher she has been
visiting Ms. W. H. Thomas.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-02-10

E. B. Johnson of Vandalia was a
Mexico visitor Tuesday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-02-10
MAVIS TALCUM 19c CAN
Best Perfumed.

Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
JOHNSON'S VARIETY STORE
d&w1t
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-02-10

H. j. Hawkins of Mexico totaled
1864 at his sale of sows Saturday. The
sales are recorded as follows:
John II Buckner, MeXioo-Clara
10th-$69.
Phil Ecton-Laddonia - Florence
Wells-S52.
/. t. Van Note-Auxvasse-Mabel
1st-$53.
/. T. Van Note-Auxvasse-Marie
Look-$56.
Dick Roberts-Mexico - Queen
Wells-$55.
John T. Observation-Disclosures
7th-$67.
Phil Ecton-Laddonia-Lula Lee
S57.
W. W. Mundy-Molino-Queen
Wells 3rd-$60.
Charles R. Observation-Disclosures
4th-S95.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-02-10

W. A. Willingham has quit farming
and will have a sale Tuesday. w1t-p
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-02-10

FoR SALE:-Modern 5 room
cottage 8 blocks from square. Adj
dress "XYZ", care of this office. 4213t
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-02-10
SALE DATES.

Feb. Is. Fletcher Sims, 2 miles
southeast Of Mexico. Joe Gregory
Auet.
Feb. Is. Mrs. Arthur Dicus, ]. G.
Ford, Auct.
Feb. 16. VIM. HARRISON, 6 miles
west Of Mexico, 2 miles south of
Thompson. Joe Gregory and j, G.
Ford, Aucts.
Feb. II. Neal sheahan, ]. G. Ford,
Auct.
February IS. Lewis Arnold, annual
Poland China Hog Sale, at Middleton's
barn.
Feb. %. Joe C~onsidine, Hopewell
Stock Farm, Thompson, Joe Gregory
and others, aucts.
Feb. "a. John L. VIM, 8 miles
northwest of Mexico. Joe Gregory,
Auctioneer.
Feb. 25.-Richard Baker.
eb. BIB. B. Martin, 3h miles
northwest of Mexico. Joe Gregory,
a%uctioneer.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-02-10

laFoR SALE:-Typewriter Rib
ibons, first quality 75c each; 8 for
$500 or $1,00 each put on YOUR
machine TYPEWRITER Elk
CHANGE. Phone 40. d1w1
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-02-10

WANTED-Good second hand
feed cutter. Write or phone j. H.
HEBEL, R. F. D. z, Mexico, Mo.
Phone 1918. d1w1-p
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-02-10

MRS.
]. E. STREET. Phone 256. 1873 WI
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-02-10
FARMERS
EXCHANGE

RATES-Iu cents a line an inser-
lion. A line consists Of 5 words.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-02-10

Net returns above cost of
feed ................ 1886.