Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-06-22

bugs. The yield will vary for in some
places it will be good and in others
light. 1t is not uniform. These who
started to harvest and their acreage
is as follows: Gray Wilson so acres,
Frank .evdder 100; Ashby Bolts 35;
R. P. Elliott so; Henry Fisher IS.
VIM. Shearer, heal Tulip, planned
to plant go acres of corn but got in
only 20. Shearer, who is a bachelor,
is a veteran of the World War, going
to France with the seth. He claims
it was easier to whip the Germans
than to get married.-Paris Appeal.
]. P. Ridgeway, south of Paris,
sold 5 head of 750-lb heifers and
steers to Beaver & Co., this week at
ne a pound.
John Scholl Of the Thompson neigh
borhood, tells us that in that section
farmers are putting in lots of soy
beans to take the place of crops de-
vastated by chinch bugs. The bugs
will not modest the beans.--Centralia
Guard.
An investment of $170 in 81 ewes
2 of which died shortly after the pur-
chase in February, netted Guy Nit
chell Of Monroe county $253.60 on
the wool and lambs and he has the
original 10 ewes and one lamb left.
Already he has made a clear profit OF
$3.50 and will sell the ewes and one
lamb in the neal future.
Although the shower Monday was
disappointment as a much heavier
rain was needed, it may prove OF
value to the wheat which is not yet
fully ripe, as it stopped the hot winds
and will give the wheat a chance to
fill out. In many places the extreme
" hot weather Of last week caused ir-
reparable damage to the crop
Judge Beagles sold 700 bushels Of
last years wheat to the Pollock Mill
ing Co., Tuesday for $1.08 a Blu.
When threshed the market was 1.36
i a bu., but the Judge held it for q
. higher price and guessed wrong.
The shipments made last week by
! the Producers Grain Company were
7 as follows:
Shipment of hogs: 80 head weigh.
! ing 5,685 pounds, b. IA. Brown; s
head, weighing 1870 pounds, H. J
Houf; Z head, weighing 1900 pounds
C. McElroy; seven head, weighing
1885 pounds, Mr.. Smith; s head
weighing 900 pounds, w. G. Gallo
! way; 10 head weighing 1885 pounds
7 w. C. Fecht; IL head weighing 1885,
pounds, Scott Kerr; II head, weigh
t ing 2,O9O pounds, Clarence Bower; I
7 head, weighing 1876, Joe Gregory
10 head, weight, 535, G. dams; Z head
2 weight 1910, John Fuckers; n heat
sweight 295, Ernest Jesse; 8 head
Z weight 1880, Ed Beatty; ? head
Y weight 1,750, j. E. Booth; Z head
2 weight, 1870 pounds, DIR. Wood;
head, weight, 1,730, ]. F. Lovenger
3 head, weight 470, John Kincade; I
head, weight 3,155, r. R. Hays.
Cattle shipments: II head n. +
e Moore; one cow, R. A. HayeS on
cow Mr.. Dorgan; nine head, Georg
8 Settle; two cows, J. B. Rutter; tw
r cows, j. H. Sims; one veal, job
Showers; two veals, a. Platter; tw
veals, John Kincade; three yeals, "
!. L. Beekley; 4 head, Elmer Red; on
y veal, Roy johnson zone veal Charlie
+ Clar. Z.
Shipment Of sheep: Al heal, Ash
2 lev Bolts; 4 head, G Platter; IS hea
It Mr.. White; 4 head, w. Collins; 2
) head, M. L. Smith; Is head, Claud
McFaden; 10 head, Curtis Wilson;
y head, Brack WHlilngham; IA bAa'
= Tom Stewart; is head, Carter an
d Blackmore; is head, Mr.. Garter;
$ head, Roy Jesse ;15 head, F. Il NJ
n Gee; ii head, w. #. Scott; n hea'
Z j. r. Dorgan; 9 head, g. II, Sharp;
Is head, Isaac Jesse; s head, ".
g sharp; IA head, q. G. Ware.
q The cultivation Of corn revolyt
4 mainly around the factor Of KILN
~ weeds, in addition to keeping the g
70 III condition to receive and retain ra'
fan. The latter factor i importal
IN oh thin soils that become hard ~
gs bake easily, 4 condition that faeil
e tates the loss Of soil moisture. Ordi
ID arily only sufficient cultivation ne
essary to kill weeds gives the ma
mum yields. Additional cultivate
IN either IN depths Or number of tim
does not pay, Oh the average, Tor 2
n extra expense, especially on the be
- ter soils.
II Miss Pearle Parker, daughter If
j. Parker Of Laddcria, has enroii'
in the Machine and Elementary Boo.
r keeping Department. Of the Chill
at cothe Business Colleg at Chillicoth