Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-12-21

G8 acre corn field with the under
standing that they we're to pay him
s cents per pound for which each hog
gained. When % acres had been
grazed this hogs were weighed and it
was discovered his field had SO far
netted him SIS per acre. The last 43
acres netted him $23 per acre or
total of $S8 per acre.--Centrelia
Courier.
Mrs. Davis Mitchell sold So Of her
AZ turkeys, Wednesday to Wager at
Rowena, for 5000. Mrs, Mitchell is in
her Gath year but continues to do
as much work around the house and
lspoultry yards as anyone, Paris APP
Epeal.
4sEee Bros, bought mules at $50, to
$7E and horses at $25 to $50 III Paris
and Madison, Friday and Saturday.
They got two horses from w. c.
Davis for $40, one from g. +. MAJOR
for : G and one from Raph Fling
ton for $40.-Paris Appeal.
Des Moines, la, Dec. Is IoV'as
| 1922 crops have a value of $3.50, ,142,-
900, as compared. to $305, ,459,42 in
1921, an increase of 81 per cent, the
final joint estimate Of the Iowa wealth
er and crop service and the United
States bureau Of agricultural econ
omics, read this morning at the state
agricultural convention, shows.
Four bumper corn crops in success
sion isN Iowa's unprecedented record.
The 1922 crop of 455,535,00 bushels,
raised on 10,t23,000 acres with an a.
verage yield of 45 bushels to the
acre, had a. value on December / of
$245, $4,000, when corn was selling
at "a cents bushel. Mr.. Reed said
The total corn crop Of 1922 is exceed
ed only by that of 1920.
Three truck loads of dressed tur-
keys went through Mexico Friday
afternoon enroute from Clifton Hill
to the Blattner Produce Company at
Wellswille. The shipment was in
charge of A. C. Brockman. Mr..
Brockman said that the birds We're
bought by W. Y. Terry of Clifton Hill
on Thursday from farmers near
Clifton Hill, and that the three trucks
contained about 800 turkeys all
ready to be cooked for the Christmas
dinner. The trip from Clifton Hill
to Wellsville is about eighty-five
miles long.
Mr.. Brockman said that turkeys
were more numerous around Clifton
Hill this year than for long period.
Joel F. Guthrie was awarded the
fourth prize for cock and fourth for
ipullet in the State Poultry Show in
Fayette which was held December IL
to l6. The birds exhibited by Mr..
Guthrie were single comb Rhode Is
land Reds and were fine specimans.
About 1900 birds were exhibited Mr.
Guthrie was the only exhibitor from
Audrain County.
| Mr.. Guthrie is planning to enter
some chickens in the show which will
be held in st, Louis December 2S to
January 2.
The Dicus and Price sale of live
stock which was held at the Price
farm about two miles southwest Of
Mexico Friday afternoon brought a
total Of $8582.50. Eighteen or twenty
Jersey cattle which had been shipped
to Mexico from Tennessee were sold
for $3.50. The highest price paid for
these cattle was s41 which was paid
| by /. 7 Van Note. Mr.. Van Note
also bought 4 number more Of these
cattle. The crowd was large and the
prices were good.
1 A number of mules were sold, the
largest buyer being Jones Brothers
who purchased about thirty -eigbs
head The top was $685. paid hg
Jones Brothers for d span Of black
mare mules. Among the Others who
purchased mules were s. j. Sanford,
Biggs Brothers and Jake BuclSner.
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