Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-01-14
General demand weaker and
sales SLOW at a decline of around SO.
lowans at the Yards.

Donaldson Bros. IL Dean, of Chaptn
had TWO loads OF cattle here Tuesday
They say fat steers are rather scarce
there.
Il. f, Alexander of Hampton, was
here and sold a load OF cattle at salts
factory prices.
W. r. Reuhler, OF Emerson. had on
Wednesdays market % cattle average
ing l24S lbs which sold TO s. &. S. at
$500 and ON load of hogs at 5000
j. p. Finley. a progressive young
feeder of Ida Grove was here on Mon
day with 81 head of cattle lie had fed
ninety days which sold at $500.
Fred Inns of Massillon. Il prom
inent feeders. had two loads of cattle
here Wednesday which brought s5.Io
Mr.. Inns WAS well pleased with the
market.
j. d. Dayton. of Westminster. was
represented yesterday with two loads
of hogs of his own raising which foupi
outlet at nearly the top of the mar
ket.
John Gehrls. Of l.owden. was on the
marke, with load Of steers and n
load OF hogs which brought $500 ait
around He was Well pleased with the
prices
II. r. Taylor of the firm of Taylor &
Robinson. Lscomb. was here Tuesday
with four loads of cattle. He reports
Il fair amount of stock feeding in that
section.
Godfrey & Rttenholse, Westchester.
We're represented yesterday with a
load of mixed cattle. They report not
so many cattle on feed as a year ago in
their locality.
Loomis & Kinney. large shippers
from southwestern Iowa, We're repre-
scented on the market Monday of this
week with eight cars of cattle and
hogs which sold at satisfactory prices
They report matured cattle and hogs
pretty Well marketed from their 10
cality.
j. a. Shelton of Allerton. a young
and prosperous feeder. sold three cars
OF cattle on Mondays market TO Moog
& Greenwald. which were bought on
the Kansas City marke. and sold here
a: satisfactory prices.
Thomas Mccullough, of Hampton,
was here Tuesday with load of cattle
and TWO loads of hogs. Mr.. McCud-
lough IS heavy shipper from his sec
ton and says there is a fair supply Of
stock in that part of the state.
William Miner. of Keswick. had on
yesterdays market seventeen steers Of
his own raising and feeding averaging
.i40 pounds. fed seventy days. which
were good enough, to SCI, MT $5.15: also
twelve cows and heifers averaging OH
pounds at $685..
Van Buren, county was represented
on Mondays market by Calhoun &
Arnold with five cars of cattle and
three of sheep: Aaron Workman. two
cars of cattle: George f. Howard. one
car of cattle: Ellis e. Sta!th. two cars
u cattle and one car OF hogs; Elias J.
Hall! three cars of sheep, and W. E.
Baldwin, one car of cattle. All were
weA pleased with the results, consid-
ersng the liberal run OF stock and low
r markets.
Jesse Binford g. Sons. we'll known
Shorthorn breeders n; Albion. were on
the market with a consignment of
sheep which averaged 1919 pounds and
sold at s4.50 for ewes ard So for weti,-
ers. Jesse Binford was born on April
20, 1882. and altho in his 72i year, H.
accompanied the shipment. He was In
chicago in 1887. and is surprised at the
marvellous growth of the city He re-
ports an opsn winter in Iowa. the abb
sence of snow permitting the feeding
of sheep on the ground. Mr.. Binford
said when he located in Iowa in 1855
there We're no national hanks and but
few lines of railways He reports few
or cattle on feed than twelve months
ago i'm his locality.