Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-06-29

The hen IS kept in 3 2x4 foot pen
and a two-foot square box has served
as a chicken box. With this modest
plant and ordinary care this young
hen is making a fine record. Who
can beat it for egg production7-
Centralia Guard.
There were l2,424,OO0 BREEDING sows
on farms April 1. the United States
Department Of Agriculture estimates.
This is l,233000 animals more than
on the same date in 1921 and repre-
sents an increase of Ill per cent.
WASHINGTON, June 2S.-Sup-
porters of the bill, regulating grain
exchanges, which was introduced by
Representative Tincher of Kansas,
won a victory Wednesday before the
committee on rules which reported a
rule giving the measure right of way
in the house. Adverse action by the
committee probably would have post
poned consideration of the bill until
the next session of congress.
The Tincher- Capper bill regulating
the exchanges was passed by the
house at the last session of congress
by a vote Of 4 to /. This act was
held by the supreme court to be UNI
constitutional. The new bill, Tincher
said Wednesday, would be passed by
a large majority, as members from
the farming districts wer a unit for
it.
Boards of trade in all parts of the
county has been active recently in
opposition to the bill, and have wired
members of the house, urging its de-
feat on the grounds that it would
prove of no benefit to the farmer and
would interfere with the marketing of
agriculture products.
Some farmers are hogging down
their wheat fields in this section
while others are blowing it under to
put in some other crop. The dry
weather and chinch bugs have Great
ed much loss to wheat. Oats in a
majority Of cases are a failure, altho
there are some good looking fields
and two or three as fine looking oats
as you usually see, but they are in
widely scattered localities.-Centralia
Guard.
Shipment of wool from Centralia
by German and Glore since the be-
ginning of the year have exceeded
100000 pounds and it is probable that
$4,000 more pounds will be shipped
before the season closes. Prices on
the local wool are 1000 percent higher
than last year when native wool
brought seventeen cents.
WASHINGTON, June 2a.-The
government, it isp known on reliable
authority, is about to institute an in
vestigation into the commissions
charged the farmer and livestock
shipper for sale of cattle, hogs or
sheep by the commission firms at all
the principal livestock markets of the
country.
The purpose of the probe, which
has not yet begun formally, although
quietly the department of agriculture
has been gathered information as TO
costs for some time, is to force a re-
duction in commissions (which gov
eminent officials believe entirely too
high under present conditions and I'M
fair to the farmer. Only by the big
livestock exchanges at Kansas City,
| Chicago and Omaha and elsewhere
voluntarily taking up the commission
charges and reducing them Of their
own violation will formal steps by
the packer and stockyards admins
tration' division, to compel the reduc-
tons, be obviated.
Lightning rods are not popular in
Boone County. Al survey of the
countryside shows that less than 20
per cent of the farm buildings are
now equipped with rods.
In making up the premium list for
1.-THE State Fair the State Board has
given $1,OO0.00 in premiums to voca-
tional Agricultural Section. For the
sow and litter section $4,000 will be
given. The best individuals receive
$14.0O while for 9th place $500 will
be awarded. For filters the prem
iums range from $500 to $4,000
The other divisions are as follows
Baby beef $4,000. Sheep $45.00
Poultry $4,000.
In addition to the above there viii
be a stock judging contest which will
, be open to all boys in Vocational Ag
riculture.
J Ralph Bridgford and William Ell
) iott Of Mcmillan High School ar
{ going<to show Poland Chinas an
Hampshires respectively.
4 Good news to owners Of chino
bug infested farms comes from Rob
: erts & Hughes, who have a farr
t near Paris. A few days ago Count
Agent Stevens visited their place
$ and pulled up a handful Of stubbl
4 between a wheat and corn field, find
ing about 500 dead chinch bugs in i
The bugs were young ones and MI
Q Stevens believes d disease is affect