Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-02-09
MARKET

HsO. z hSu WNeat ............ S1sot
No. 3 Red Wheat .......... s1.31
No. / Yellow Corn ............ 52H
Nc. 2 Mixed Corn ............. 5:
mo, 2 White Corn ............ 81
no 2 White Oats ............ 37H
Nc. 8 White Oats ............ 81
fSt. Louis Stock Yards
yyHogs 1880 ...... 10c to 15c lower
'pFTop ............. ........ $10.1C
Cattle $500 Steady
Sheep 1000 Steady
SALE DATES.
Feb. 9-Renick Eisele, 2 miles west
and 2 miles north of Moline.
Feb. 14-Jno. E. Feger, 4 miles
south of Mexico on gravel road. Joe
Gregory, a~uctioneer.
Feb. 23-Johnson Bros, Martins
burg, Mo-, Pure Bred Duroc Bred
SOW sale, Joe Gregory, auctioneer.
March Chester White bred sows
sale, I, L. Rudasil, Mexico, Mo.
CARROLLTON, No, Feb. Gar
roll County farmers are to be protect
ed against get rich quick" .propos-
itions in the future. The first action
against impostors was taken this
week with the selection of a blue
sky" committee by the Carroll County
Farm Bureau Federation. The 'blue
sky" committee consists OF a farmer,
lawyer and banker. The personnel of
the committee is unknown, except to
the executive committee Of the farm
bureau, which appointed it. The duty
of the committee is to advise farm
ers Of the county as to the reliability
Of statesmen who work in this terri
tory.
Three new shipping associations
recently organized in Pike County
bring that county's total up to six,
according to County Agent E. R. KEEL
Ter. The new associations will as
senble their shipments at the follow
ing points: Louisiana, GAINESVILLE
and Eolia.
COLUMBIA, Mo-, Feb. Mis-
ssouri farmers who are members Of
the Missouri Corn Growers Associa-
stien sold their seed products for $685.
S000 more than the usual market price
Tor such products, through the CO.
operative seed distribution and GER
LITIGATION plan of the association, ac-
cording to the annual report of c. E.
Carter, secretary of the corn grow
ers' ASSOCIATION, just made public.
The farmers of the state who are
members of the cooperative seed
plan thus added that amount to their
income for the season through coop
Grafton, Secretary Carriers report
states. C.
Thirty-one Stacker cows were de-
tected in one years work of Greene
County Cow Testing Association
Number /. They were actually eat
ing more than they produced for
their owners, according to E. NJ.
Harmon, dairy extension specialist for
the Missouri College of Agriculture.
The worst of it is they were getting
away with it just as two or three hun
dred thousand other cows are doing
every day in Missouri: These thirty
n loss-reducing cows had formerly
fooled their owners and were losing
them money right along, but the
game was up when the association
started work. They couldn't fool the
scales and tester. Now the slackers
have gone to the butcher and their
former owners are in a position to
make a profit from the cows they
have left.
Let the Ledger print your sale bills.
We are equipped to do this work to
your satisfaction. WITT
Burning on Chinch Bag Cover.
Five large blocks of. farm lands in
johnson County will soon have been
cleared Of chinch bug cover by organ
lied burning squads, according to A.
C. Burrill, extension entomologist Of
the Missouri College Of Agriculture.
The local interest in this work is very
intense, for more than 400 farmers
attended recent meetings in Johnson
County called for the purpose Of
pushing the burning campaign
T. M. DoweIl says when he can't
make money in thecattle business he
viii get out Of it. In testimony that
he is dealing proftably in cattle he
sold H. y. Neal recently Fl yearling
cattle for $50 d head. Mr.. Dowell
bought these shout a year ago as
calves picking them up one at q time
and paying an average of $3.50 .
head for them. When bought they
averaged 900 pounds and when sold
weigher an average Of 755 pounds.
He gxazed them the entire time Of 8
months and 81 days and bought only
one stalk field for them to Craze over.
c. B. Sicnaker bought a pair Of