Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-12-07
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NEWS

Ben Dubbert who farms the old
home place north of Martinsburg, has
gone the California double jointed
peanut" raisers two better. Ben used
an old potato patch for a seed bed
and planted peanuts and corn to-
gether last spring. He tended them
with a cultivator. The peanuts pro-
dueed a bumper crop, many of the
nuts being three and some four
jointed. Ben has seven sons and one
daughter to furnish peanuts for and
has about enough peanuts to last
seven years.-Martinsburg Mentor.
At Jefferson City the bird dogs are
dying with some peculiar contagious
disease. Some have claimed that the
so-called disease is poison, but an in
vestigation proved it to be something
on the order of distemper in horsees.
Hughes & Lewis sold a fine black
saddle mare the first of the week to a
daughter of Mr.. Frampton of the
Hudson, Frampton Motors Co., of
st. Louis, says the Wellsville Optic
News of last Thursday. The animal
was shipped with twelve other high
grade horses to st. Louis the first of
the week. The mare was purchased
by Miss Frampton for $3.50. This is
the second fancy price to be paid for
Wellsville horses during the past
month, and the local dealers and
trainers are fast coming to the front
in their line of business.
The 1923 session of Missouri Far
mers' Week will open in Columbia at
Jesse Hall formerly known as Aca-
demic Hall, University Auditorium,
Monday night, January 18th, ending
with the Farmers Banquet on Friday
night. Interesting and profitable
programs for forenoon, afternoon and
night are being formulated.
Round trip tickets from all Mis-
souri, stations will be sold daily, jan
uary 1919, 1923 to Columbia, Mo-,
at one and one-half fare, an open rate
free from Identification or other GER
tificate in any form.
Three hundred and eleven hunt
ing licenses were issued at the Of
flee Of the county clerk here during
the. month of November. Of this num-
Ter six were state licenses. Two
hundred and seventy nine were issued
during that month last year.
Elvy R. Sims of near Earl, and his
brother, Grover C. Sims of Audrain
County, purchased 1910 head of sheep
Wednesday from Cunningham
. Stewart of Laddonia, Mo. The
price paid could not be learned.
e. R. Sims will bring half of the
sheep to his farm in Galloway County
to feed and the other half will be
taken to the Grover C. Sims farm in
Audrain.
Formerly it was the custom for
Missouri buyers to go to Kentucky
Shorthorn cattle but the tables
nave been changed as shown in the
following letter received by S. P.
Emmons from Luther K. Rice of
Paris, Ky.
IS. P. Emmons and Son,
Mexico, Mo.
Dear Sir
The three heifers arrived in good
order and we are well pleased with
hem. / had intended to make a trip
% the Missouri sales but was COM
PEELED to be in Kentucky at that
time on account of some unexpected
business. The cattle we bought from
you have produced about 80 per cent
" u show calves in the last two
1ears although we have in our herd
by many of the noted show bulls
If the breed. We expect to be in the
market again for some cattle and
we will try to buy some from
P. Emmons and Son. Mr.. Rains
Isked me to thank sou for the kind {
less shown him while in Mexico.
= Yours,
LUTHER X. RICE" {