Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-04-20

Kay Spence, ofthis city, has three
entries in the famous Kentucky
Derby to be u in Louisville May
18th. "Surf Rider" one of his en-
tries, is a favorite.
Fl. L. Grain, a prominent feeder
and shipper from Audrain county,
Mo-, sold a string Of mixed cattle
Tuesday, April II on the st. Louis
market at $500. The drove COM
prised 38 head. They were out of
his own feed lots and plainly showed
the results of careful and skillful
handling while in the process Of fat
tening.-Live Stock Reporter.
W. w. Conner, formerly Of Aux
vase, has been made manager Of
some of the largest ranches in the
United States. Mr.. Conner will have
supervision of the Phillips Highland
ranches in Colorado and New Mex
leo.
Missouri's agricultural rank with
the other states of the Union is pre-
scented here, based upon the Federal
Census Bureaus final bulletin sum-
marizing the nations agricultural
statistics.
Missouri in 1920 ranked sixth in
farm acreage; fifth in the extent of
improved agricultural lands, and sixth
in the value Of farm property. In
value Of all crops for 1919, this state
stood seventh. In livestock value it
stood sixth in beef cattle, third in
swine, third in mines, sixth in pure
bred cattle and fourth in pure bred
hog showing quality as well as guam
tity in live stock.
Only n state had a larger number
of farms operated by their owners.
In sales ow corr Missouri stood sew
enth, and oats, tenth. Only two
states had a greater acreage Of small
fruits such as Strawberries.
In number of telephones on farms
the state ranked third and in the ac-
tual number Of farm homes having
only five states had super
ior records.
Let the Ledger print your sale bills.
are equipped to do this work to
your satisfaction. wifi
Joe Mongler set q trot line with
hoks on it the other night and
nine channel cat. He placed
it in baekwater from the flooded
creek near his farm north Of Mexico.
He says he saw a bass that weighed
fully 10 pounds hung on a tree where
it had evidently caught when it
struck at something. He like a lot of
other folks familiar with fishing say
present period of high water will
result in thousands Of fish coming
up the smaller rivers and creeks
the Mississippi, and that fish,
ing this summer in the streams about
Mexico should be extra good.
One and forty-ive hundredths
inches of rain fell here Sunday night
and Monday morning, This is the
rainfall so far in April. Six
and twenty-three ~hundredths inches
Of moisture has fallen SO far this
month as compared to seven and nine
inches during the entire
month Of March which was consider
ed unusually rainy.
There was quite a heavy frost here
night but it is believed by
local fruit growers that the damage
to the crop will be slight.
Stating that Audrain county was
ideal for dairy farming and that the
business men should join with the
farmers in an effort to establish a
creamery here, William McKee,,
practical dairy farmer and lecturer
Of the State Board Of Agriculture, ad
dressed the Chamber Of Commerce
Thursday noon on Dairy farming.
He was preceded by a delightful
musical program in which Miss Fran
cesca Bezner whistied, accompanied
ID the piano BY Miss Maude Wallace
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