Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1922-10-12
LOCAL MARKET
THE MARKETS.

st. Louis Stock Yards
Iop ................... 9.75
Hogs 12,50O .....m... 10 to Is lower
Cattle 5000 ................ active
Sheep $500 .............. Steady
Top on Lambs .............. $12.75
Wednesdays Local Poultry Market:
Hen, per lb ............ 20 and 14ct.
Eggs, per doz ................ 31ct.
Butter Fat, per lb. ............ 32ct.
Homer Bridgeford of Sante Fe,
shipped in 80 head of black calves
this week.
John W. Greed and John W. Bailey
shipped four loads of prime yearling
cattle from Auxvasse to Chicago Mon
day that they purchased from John
Yates one mile east of Auxvasse.
These cattle percented 1926 lbs. and
brought the feeder $11 per hundred.
Few better strings of cattle ever go
to the market than these. Mr.. Bailey
also sent string of Al yearlings to
the st. Louis market the same day
that were choice lot. These cattle
were conditioned by A. Lewis Kid
well, northeast of Auxvasse, weighed
1915 pounds at shipping time and
brought the feeder $1O.65 per hund-
red.-Auxvasse Review.
Davis & Ferguson brought the
Ledger two monster tomatoes Thurs
day. Of. the Boris Champion varity.
They were exceptionally fine.
LettAe Ledger print your safe Bills.
We are equipnsa u d. shis Wu5k to
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The rainfall Thursday night and
fasaay pscFnag ampNnfed To .97 ~
Quite as much wheat is being sown
! in the Skinner neighborhood as was
put in last year. Chas. Tanner, who
was delivering his wheat here Thurs
day and Friday, is again planting so
acres, Frank Weinand and son are
again putting in, 200 acres. Clyde
Weaver has in 80 acres.
The shipment of sheep into Audrain
county this fall are said to be heav-
ier than usual this year. Lambs are
being bought around $13.75. w. c.
Schultz, Shep Cunningham, W. W.
Johnson and Ross Ewing are among
those who are bringing large numbers
into the county. There is more Fall
grass than usual which makes graz
ing plentiful this year.
Charles Clark, who will put in a
large acreage of wheat this fall is
working three drills behind his trae-
tor. This is about record for a
tractor here.
/ October 17--Chester White, Hog
Sale, 1. L. Rudasill, Molino.
/ Laddonia locality had a fve-inch
rain last Friday, according to their
weather prophet" John Braden, when
Mexico had less than an inch. Price
Johnson of Mexico is sowing large
| fields of wheat on his land in Lad
donia vicinity and he says that the
big rain came to kill the mother
chinch bugs, so there might not be
any youngster bugs to get his crop
next year. Chinch bugs wrought
great havoc with field paintings in the
east part of the county this year.
w. Jeff Woods, weii known stock
man, now located at the National
Stock Yards, was an Auxvasse visitor
last week and while here bought 9
couple of loads Of mules which he
shipped from Bryans TO market. One
of the loads was purchased from
John T. Buckner and the other from
a number of different parties. The
top price paid went to Mr.. Bucknel
for part of his load, $3.50 pei
4 head. -Auxvasse Review.
i Joe Considine, one of the foremost
farmers and stockmen and good
sheep feeder was on the st. Louis
market Tuesday, the first trip he has
made to market in some time. Mr.
] Considine had load Of sheep and
lambs. Live Stock Reporter.
I A variety Of corn, which is said t
be proof against chinch bugs is being
raised with success in Shelby county
1t is called White Democrat corn ant
was introduced in the county thre'
years ago. In many places the corr
was raised successfully next to field
Of yellow corn which were ravaget
by the bugs
Revelation, the Poland China sir,
of Considine q Sons herd boar, Farm
er Revelation, and Fields Bros boar
Giant Revelation, won The gran1
championship at the National swim
show ia Peoria, II.
Considine 4 Sons Hog Sale whicl
was he1l Sat. afternoon in Prank