Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-10-05
STOCK
NEWS

consisted of 1854 head of hogs, sheep,
cattle and mules and all were high
quality stuff. To facilitate matters,
the animals were sold in lots.
William HARRISON paid the high
est price for shosts buying a lot of
20 for $11.95 each. Other prices
ranged from $50. C. B. Lyman
bought a choice red sow for $3.50.
Over 400 sheep were sold. The top
was paid by Rob Lockridge, who paid
$12 each for a lot of II. johnson
Brothers paid $40 for a lot of Is and
other prices ranged from $6.75, most
Of the prices being over So. Among
the heavy buyers of sneep were John
Chrisman, johnson Brothers and w.
L. Matteson.
Lloyd Qualls bought a red boar for
$3.50 and John Smith paid $11 for
a choice buck. w. A. Kellar paid
$3.50 for first choice buck.
Fourteen big steers were bought
by Judge Squirting at $50 each. Rich
ard Cook bought a brindle COW for SOL
and John Turner a red muley cow
for $61.
The mules sold brought exception
ally good prices. J. E. Moore bought
a pair of 4 and s year old black mules
for 1855; M. L. Smith paid $3.50 for
"a pair of four year old brown mules;
Bert VIM bought a pair of 8 year
old blue mare mules for $500; Tom
Robinett bought three pairs of mules,
one for $297.50, one pair of a year
ODDS for $500 and a pair of 8 and 4
year ODDS and one three year old ami
NAL for $500.
Mr.. C~onsidine wa much pleased
with the sale which he declares is one
Of the best he has wei had. The
weather was ideal and the roads such
that many came from long distances
in automobiles. The ladies of Liberty
Church served a most delicious din
ner.
Let the Ledger print your sale bills.
We are equipped to do this work to
your satisfaction. WITT
Henry Wilt sold a Mr.. Smith of
East st. Louis the pair of A year-old
mules that won the premium at the
Paris and Shelbina fairs and the 2
year-old mule he showed for a COM
bined price of $1,000 Friday. The
champion span of AS went at $3.50
and the single mule at $3.50. Baker
of Lakenan sold Smith the sucking
mule colt that won at the Paris fair
for 5000, the highest price a mule
colt has brought in the state this
year.
Scores of Galloway County farmers
are letting the opportunity Of sowing
wheat go by principally because they
hope by so doing they will get rid
of the chinch bug. Farmers in many
sections declare that the bugs have
been worse this season than in any
year they can remember and if some
thing is not done to kill off the bugs,
it is almost useless to continue plant
ing corn.
More than ninety-four hundred
persons were enthusiastic witnesses al
the twenty demonstrations of the
Clover and Prosperity Campaign re-
Gently completed by the Missouri Col
lege of Agriculture in ten eastern
Missouri counties. Each of these
meetings was held at the home Of
some farmer who has been co-operat-
ing with the College and following its
recommendations with reference tc
the use of lime, fertilizers and inocu-
lation in securing good stands Of
clover and other legumes. Conse.
~quently a notable feature of each
meeting was a field Of legumes show.
ing the actual results Of these prac'
tees.
Comparisons of yields from early
and late sown wheat on $500 acres
in Phelps, Knox and DeKalb counties
represented three widely separated
portions of the state show a differ
ence Of six bushels an acre in fayol
of late sowing. The early sowr
wheat averaged 1913 bushels ar acre
while that sown after the dy-fret
date averaged 1876 bushels. Thu
total probable loss from early sowing
on this acreage alone was more thar
10000 bushels. The man who plow'
late and sows early, says A. G. Bur
rill Of the Missouri College Of Agri
culture, simply reduces his owl
chance to prosper and makes easy tn
way of the Hessian fly. TO increas'
|. the yields pillow early and SOW Late
after the 1y-free date.
Homer Baker, Of lear Skinner il
+, feeding 100 steers for the Novembel
, market. He now has 70 head o
| hogs following Them and expects t
/ increase the number to 100 within
few days. Mr.. Baker says the cor,
in the skinner neighborhood wa,
greatly damaged Ky the recent hal
storm. Last week he purchased d sup
4 bly,, shucked and penned, at AIS cents
The fruit. crop in Audrain Count,