Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-02-16

NO.. . REQ Wneat ............ S1.4N
No. 2 Yellow Corn ............ 81
No. / Mixed Corn .......... 55A
No. 2 White Corn ............. 81
No. 8 White Oats ............ 8!
st. Louis Stock Yards:-
Hogs 1880 Steady
Top Slo.ZO
Cattle 5000 Strong
SALE DATES.
Feb. 1S-Frank ]. Rodeman, 6
miles southwest of Centralia and z
miles southeast of Hallsville. Joe A
Gregory, Auctioneer.
Feb. 23-Johnson Bros, Martins
burg, Mo-, Pure Bred Duroc Bred
SOW sale, Joe Gregory, auctioneer.
Feb. 24-S. A. Crum, 5 miles
southwest of Mexico. Joe Gregory,
Auctioneer.
March chester White bred sows
sale, /. l. Rudasil, Mexico, Mo.
Cattle prices are likely to be bet
ter In the near future, according to
James S. Harrison, a former Audrain
Countyan who is a member of the
National Stock Yards commission
firm Of Hanna & Harrison. Writing
to The Fulton Gazette Saturday, Mr..
Harrison said: with $14 lambs and
$1,000 hogs, and the market looking
as If both these prices are here to
stay, | cannot help believing that we
will Don have an advance on good
fat cattle. In other words, the diff
ference between sheep and hogs on
one side and cattle on the other is too
great"
III w. Stuart, Audrain county had
On the st. Louis market Feb. 8, 266
fed western lambs, averaging 80
pounds at $13.S, selling straight.
Let the Ledger print your sale bills.
We r equipped to do this work to
your satisfaction. wifi
The first $14 lambs of the year
wer marketed in st. Louis Wednes-
day, Feb. 9Th.
Hogs went to $10.10 Feb. 9th in
St. Louis. Who said they weren't
coming back?
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IL E. Elliott expects to hold a
Hampshire hog sale at Middleton's
barn March 4th.
Among the good sales at the hog
house m st. Louis Feb. 9th was that
of 20 head, averaging 17S pounds
THAT brought $10,10 per cwt., the
highest price paid. These were mar
keted by A.. W. Martin & Son of Aud
rain county, Nc. The junior member
of the firm accompanied the ship
ment to market.-Live Stock Re-
porter. .4.i
The Fields Brothers sale Of Poland
China Hogs, which was held in Mex
icD Wednesday afternoon brought a
total Of $2,314.50. Forty-two animals
were sold at the average price of
$55.10. From the standpoint of the
grade of animals offered and the
prices paid, the sale was n Of the
best held in Mexico or vicinity for
some time.
The highest price was 1925,
paid by D. C. Owen for The Field
Lady and F. R. Flaskamp for Lady
the Outpost. The lowest price was
$s6. r
The individuals sales over $75
were: d. C. Owen, Lady Jones for
500; Pollock and VIM, Mss Clan
End for $77.50; G. G. Murray $50;
Considine and Son, $85; A. J. Bos-
chet, $50; F. R. Flaskamp, Lady
Gerstdale SIC.
Ten animals were bought by ]. B.
Rutter, but the remainder Of the sales
were divided among a number Of
buyers.
1t was So warm here this time last
year that many people were blowing
their gardens and planting potatoes.
Lee Brothers of Mexico have sold
two fine saddle horses to James Cam
eron of Keokuk, la.
JEFFERSON CITY, Feb. TO-
Missouri has had her share Of Hes
sian fly during the last year, accord
ing to estimates announced by the
board Of agriculture, as the results
of investigation work carried on by
Prof. A. G. Burrill, extension etomol-
ogist Of the college of agriculture
Columbia.
General estimates indicate that
Missouri lost between S and 10 mil
lion bushels Of wheat during the yeal
as a result Of the work Of Hessiar
fiy, according to the report. Under
she state average production Of i
bushels per acre; between nine hun
dred thousand and / million acres q
sghea& were destroyed.
sTo accomplish this destruction
according to Professor Burrill, 3Mis'
souri must have had at work an enor'
mons horde Of Hessian flies, number
NHaHHE E@4sNfE
HENRY DEAN