Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-11-30

LOUIS MONDAY was Alz.f0 per cWL.
paid for fifteen choice Hereford
steers, 1O76 lbs. average, marketed
by W.. d. Mason, a successful oper-
ator Of Galloway County, Motive
Stock Reporter.
The second annual poultry show
Of the Audrain Poultry Association
opened in-the New Hoxsey Garage
here Wednesday morning and will
continue for three days. Over 400
remium lists were sent out all over
the county and a large number OF
entries are expected. BY noon We'd
nestday here were about eighteen pens
on display.
The premiums taken by the Ellis
Brothers Rarnbouillet Sheep are now
on display in the window Of Ricketts,
and Emmons Dry Goods store. The
awards were made at the State fair
at Ssdalia, the Royal at Kansas City
and the state fairs Of Nebraska, HI
inois, Iowa, Louisiana, Texas and
Oklahoma.
NEW YORK. November 29.-The
first shipment of Florida strawberries
to the New York market today
brought the record price of $3.50 per
quart, the State Department of Farms
and Markets announced. About 100
quarts were received. The shipment
was one week earlier than last year.
PANA, ILL, November 29.-Three
weeks ago Eugene Berry of South
fork Township placed a setting Of
Plymouth Rock eggs in a beehive and
the heat of bees that has continued
since then turned out a full Matching
of baby chicks, today, which promise
to be ready for frying in midwinter.
In these days of confusion bick-
ering and general accusation of in
dividual selfishness, it is refreshing to
turn to the month to month and year
after year records of unpaid, unset
fish and unprecedented work of
thousands of Missouri farmers in
helping the Missouri Cooperative
Crop Reporting Service to serve the
agriculture of Missouri, so say E. A.
Logan and Jewell Mayes in a joint
statement on crop and other statisti-
cal reporting.
The officials of this joint project
find that the majority of Missouri
farmers appreciate the opportunity
to render a practical service to the
State and Federal Governments in es-
timating farm production.
Many Missouri farmers have sup
piled this information for a quarter
of a century or longer. The list, as
now used in the joint Federal-State
report, is primarily made up of those
who formerly reported to the Mis-
souri, State Board of Agriculture and
the U. S. Department of Agriculture,
at Washington, as combined in JAN
uary, 1918. During the world war
it was found that a large number of
these faithful crop reporters were
leaders in their communities in all
patriotic work.
For this service these farmers re-
ceive no cash remuneration, consid-
ering it a duty and an honor to serve
their fellow farmers and the country
at large by furnishing the basic data
for unbiased crop estimates.
In negotiating with persons for
practical and patriotic reportership
in all counties, it is found that each
community is blessed with public
spirited men. A survey of the roster
of reporters has just been finished, to
establish the annual Honor Service
Roll" composed of those who have
reported every month of the year in
time to be recorded as COX" Several
counties have two men eligible this
year for this class, and Monroe Co.
unity has three.
This annual Honor Service Roll"
would be much longer if it included
those who missed only one month, and
many more would be added if re-
gistering those who missed for the
best of reasons like sickness, busin-
ess emergency, duty or other essential
preventing providences. Most OF the
monthly reports of the honor roll
were forwarded with special prompt
ness, thus making it possible for the
Statistician to enter and tabutate the
data before the 18th" of each month,
Among those who rendered this
service weret S. R. Craghead and
Sheldon M. Miller of Audrian Co
unity.
H. C. Bunch, south of Shelyville,
who keeps accurate cost accounts on
his flock of 400 Leghorns, cleared
$1,452 during the year ending Octob-
err /. The average number Of eggs
laid was 1853. The flock was housed
in Missouri poultry houses and fed
dry laying mash in addition to corr
and oats, throughout the year. Eggs
were sold on the New York market.
H. w. Stuart, the well-known feed