Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-05-12
Iowans at the Yard.

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posed of car Of steers Wednesday
averaging 1850 lbs at Sc.
w. l.. Patton, Manning, was on the
market with load Of 235 lib hogs,
which sold at $3.50.
Pat Delaney, of Watkins, was here
yesterday With a load of butcher stuff
part of which was good enough to sell
at SIS.
o. r. Mark, Abel, had a load of 1.1O5
lib long yearlings that sold at $5.40.
This is his first load of cattle and
he found cattle feeding very profit
able.
w. r. Gourley, kanawha, was here
with three cars of stock, and was very
we'll pleased with the markets. His
hogs sold at $5.55.
l.. S. Trowbridge of Tabor, was on
yesterdays market with 43 head of
Angus cattle, which were bought at
Omaha sixty days ago. They averaged
l,34O lbs and were sold to Henry Du
Plan for S. & S., at 1925.
Moss & Black, Scranton, had two
cars of 1850 lib steers, sold at $5.65.
Mr.. Black was here and reports that
there are the usual number of cattle
O1l ICCu III SeCllOl anu ludL llC
spring crop of pigs is light.
j. S. Mayne, Harlan, was here with
a car of cattle and one car of hogs of
his own feeding, which sold at $3.50.
DIR. McGraw Bryant, was on the
market with 81 steers of his own feed
ing that averaged 1920 lbs which
We're good enough to sell at $3.50. He
reports farmers busy planting corn
with about all fat stock sold in his To-
cality.
H. c. Getty. Mediapolis, was here
with load of short fed 1889 lb plain
quality cattle which sold at s5.65.
w. b. Mitchell. who brought in from
his feed lots at Toledo, "A hogs av-.
eraging 230 pounds, which sold at So
50, tells of greater care taken with seed
corn and the time of planting corn
earlier than ever before in that coun-
try and that cold weather has retard-
ed the growth of small grain.
0. r. Mark Adel had load of HOS
pound long yearlings that sold at
$40. This is his first load of cattle
and he says he finds that cattle feed
ing is very profitable. He is one Of
the kind of young men that make d
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II. G. Getty, of Mediapolis, was here
with load of short-fe 1889 pound
plain cattle that sold at $5.65. He said
they were big money makers as they
cost around 1925 last fall.
August Larson, Of Stanton was on
the market yesterday with cattle ana
hogs of his own feeding. The steers
averaging 1870 pounds brought $685.,
and his hogs averaging 215 pounds sold
at $685.. Mr.. Larson reports few cat
tie on feed in his locality.
Alb Myers Of Dallas Center. was here
Wednesday with cattle and hogs The
hogs averaged 227 pounds and sold at
$3.50. Mr.. Myers says farmers every
where are satisfied with hog prices and
that there is considerable old corn in
the country which is selling at 81 cents.
A. Roger Mayor, of Panther, one
of the best known cattlemen in Dallas
county, was here Wednesday with
three cars of cattle, 3S steers, averag-
ingi 1915 pounds, which sold at $6.O5.
He bought them at 1915 last fall. He
also had twelve heifers that sold at
$3.50, which he got at $3.50 last fall.
He reports filters of spring pigs larger
than usual
John Mccarthy. mayor of Johnson.
had four cars of cattle here Wednes-
d.ay-the last of his winter feeding.
Seventy-one head averaging 1915
pounds, sold at $3.50. These cattle
weighed just 200 pounds less than his
drive that sold at 500 here on Mon
day.. Mr.. Mccarthy says everything
is prosperous in Green county. with
land selling right up to the high point.
He reports quite a few cattle being
fed by the large feeders, but not as
many by the one and two car lot feed
ers.