Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-02-16

culture that such land is not being
maintained in fertility since it is
practically essential to grow clover
or some legume if the land is to be
kept up. Red clover fails partly be-
cause the land on these prairies is
wet and partly because it is rather
sour. Farmers who have tried alsike
clover in the place Of red usually
have had much better results. While
alsike clover makes only about one
half the growth of red clover it will
grow on lands that are quite wet. 1t
should not, Of course, be grown alone
on these prairies; but when mixed
with timothy it offers a good deal in
the way of soil improvement. The
seeding cost is about one-half the
seeding Of red clover since it is only
necessary to sow half the amount.
More trials of alsike clover and tim
othy should be made on these lands.
In answer to the demands of thous-
ands of farmers throughout the
United States for a cheap and efficient
method of threshing their crops of
soy beans, J.. C. Wooley, professor of
agricultural engineering and C. A.
Helm, of the field crops department
of the College of Agriculture of the
University have produced a pea and
soy bean thresher which may be at
tached to an ordinary grain binder.
To install this machine it is simply
necessary to remove the head of the
binder and put the new attachment in
its place. Chains replace the ordin-
airy cylinder teeth Of the binder, and
these chairs give a fail action when
the machine is in motion, thereby
breaking the pods of the beans.
C. M. Berry of Audrain county,
Mo-, purchased on the st. Louis
market Tuesday two loads of light,
thin stockers, paying $50 and $685.
per cwt.
o. Helm of Audrain county, Mo-,
had a load of light hogs on the st.
Louis market Tuesday.
Audrain county, Mo-, was repre-
scented at the sheep house on the st.
Louis Market Tuesday by J. F. Baker
& Son, who had in two decks of fat
lambs, the larger end of which
brought $13.75 per cwt., not far from
the days high sale.-Live Stock Re-
porter,
The sale of Jno. E. Fegar, which
was held at his farm, four miles south
of Mexico Tuesday afternoon brought
a total of less than a thousand dol
lars. There was a good crowd but
bidding was slow. Joe Gregory cried
the sale.
The goods sold ranged from live
stock to farm implements and grain.
The prices paid for live stock was as
follows:
Geese $3.75 a head
Chickens $1.10 a head
Cows $35 to $50.
Horses $50 to $50
Sheep So a head
Sows $35 a head.
Oats sold for 35 cents a bushel.
w. E. Cunningham and W. G..
Bailey, two of the foremost sheep
feeders of Audrain county, Mo-, ac-
companied their lamb shipments to
the st. Louis Market Tuesday. MIR.
Cunningham sold 104 head of ~
pound lambs at $14.50 percwt., part
Of this bunch going to city butchers
and part to Morris & Co. He also
had a string Of 1913 lambs, 70 lbs, av-
erage, that sold to Armour at $14.35.
Mr.. Bailey's double embraced 314
lambs Of 81 lbs, average at $14.40.-
Live Stock Reporter.
'sOver 500 bushels of soybean seed
have been threshed in Shelby County
this week by our cooperators," runs
a report to the Missouri College of
Agriculture from County Agent JOS
eph Davis. "Some yields are running
as high as II bushels an acre. One
grower expects to plant go acres
next year"
J. F. Parker of Audrain county,
Mo-, was on the st. Louis market
Monday with a shipment of horses
of mules. Mr.. Parker says he has
laid off of feeding this season except
for some calves and hogs. He reports
corn as bringing Soc a bushel and the
feeling is general that the grain will
work to a higher level. Mr.. Parker
is a broad-minded farmer who be-
lieves that the individual must work
out his own salvation in so far IS pos
sible. He is against any concerted
agreement to reduce the corn acre
age as he says this will only lead us
into trouble should we have an unfav-
orable season.-Live Stock Reporter.
T. Cartee, mead Moline, sold 10
calves to Homer Mundy at &c to &c a
pound. They brought only SIC in st.
Louis.
Judge j. X. Cartwright of Monroe
County sold his ~3-year-old saddle
FLY to Mr.. Ralston, Of Wichita, Kan,
this week for $500. Lon Blades
handles the Ralston string Of horses
in his Holiday training stables.
Charles Delaney, near Long
Branch, sold GAG pounds Of wool to T.
ID. Bassett, Monday, at &c a pound.