Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-01-26
LOCAL MARKET


No. 2 White Oats .............. ~
Nc. 8 White Oats ............ 35h
ST. Louis Stock Yards
Hogs 1000 ............ Toe lower
Top SS!VO
Cattle 5000 .............. Loo lower
Sheep $500 ............ 25c lower
{ SALE DATES.
Feb. 74-H. j. Dodd, 6 miles north
west of Ortiz, ]. A. Gregory, Auct.
Feb. S-Bred Hog Sale-French-
dale Farm.
Feb. 4th-Louis Arnold, Bred Sow
Sale, at Middleton's Barn.
March chester White bred sows
sale, l. L. Rudasil, Mexico, Mo.
A load of fed western lambs, las in
number, averaging n pounds, sold
to W. G. Bailey of Audraiu county,
Mo-, at sl285 percwt on the st. st.
louis market Wednesday, January
Is. This price was not only the days
top, but the top for the year and as
high as any lambs have sold on the
st. Louis market IN months. The sale
was all the more noteworthy for the
reason that every lamb in the ship
ment brought the n price. Mr..
Bailey, the feeder and shipper Of
these lambs is a great believer in the
ST. Louis market as is evidenced by
his mer shipments. He also be-
lieves in making his stock good and
frequently tops the market.-Live
Stock Reporter.
For your sale dates see JOE GREG
DRY, live stock and farm sale auc-
tioneer. He is now booking sales for
spring season. WITT Advertisement
The Producers Grain Company,
which began its first year in February
shipped 1870 cars of live stock TO the
st. Louis Market from February 1921
10 January l., 1922. The numbers of
cars of various animals shipped was
az follows:
Ninety-two car of hogs, twenty
two cars of cattle and sixteen ears of
sheep. The total which the animals
brought on the market was $780,
1885.
The company is to be congratulated
on the record of the year.
The Dean Brothers sale Tuesday
brought a total of $4,000. Seventy
three head of hogs, ten head of cattle,
seventeen head of mules and ffty-one
head of yves were sold besides some
household goods and farmingi imple-
ments. The sales were divided among
a number of buyers. Seven of the
sows sold from $27 to $33. The high
est price paid for a single mule was
$3.50. A pair of mare mules brought
s137.50.
Let the Ledger print your sale bills.
We are equipped to do this work to
your satisfaction. wifi
A firm of the State of Louisiana
purchased three carloads of mules in
the vicinity of Mexico this week. The
animals will be shipped South.
Patterson & Speed, of Louisiana,
are here with B. R. Middleton buying
mules. They have already purchased
a large number.
L. A. Bellamy, who resides south.
west Of Mexico, says the meadows
were fine in his section before the
snow and the wheat apparently un-
hurt by the sleet.
The mercnEy stood at six degrees
below zero at z o'clock Monday morn.
ing, which was the coolest morning Of
the season The highest temperature
Sunday was a. above.
Sam Jordon, the Missouri Corn Mar
was in Mexico on a short visit Tues,
day.
]. Kelly Wright, for many years /;
member Of the State Board Of Agri
culture as farmers institute Lecturer
has resigned to accept a position al
field secretary of Christian Colleg1
of Columbia.
Elmer johnson who is feeding
large number of stock in the Martins
burg neighborhood is paying AS cts
. pushed for corn. George Femme
wald is paying the SAME price.
w. B. Harris, who fattened a loi
Of mules on bis farm northwest q
Fulton sold them in ST. Louis las
week for around 1890.
Al. Davis Of near Martinsburg say
The present snow Is d big thing for th,
wheat Ia his section. II was badl,
needed-
Judge Charles Bledsoe says il h
had 3 drove Of cows lil1e n which b
has, be would make good money In III