Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-16

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ears.
ear OF yellow, second on ten ears Of
yellow, and second on thirty ears.
Ross MCLEAN won third on best ear
of yellow, first on ear of white, Sec
ond on ear of mixed, second on ten
ears OF mixed, and third Oh thirty
ears.
( Other winners were J. H. Clary, r.
G. Reece, c. E. Carter, H. B. Hunt, and
r. r. Clampitt.
On Thursday evening Professor Bit
teribender gave thirty minute talk on
poultry raising, illustrated by lantern
slides. Following this Rev. z. H. Doan,
of Lynnville, gave an address on
Rural Contribution to Our National
Life 1t was forceful address, and
was listened to with the closest at
tention. Mr.. Doan was pastor Of the
Friends church here from 1907 to 1911.
On Friday evening a home talent
program consisting of music, debate.
and spelling contest was given. In the
spelling contest ten students from the
New Providence high school spelled
against an equal number from the
Union school. The short course asso-
citation offered a IS prize to the win
ming school. The prize was won by
the Union school The contest wa
conducted by Prof. C. l.. Fitch, of the
Iowa State College. The words were
chosen from President Wilson's recent
message to congress. and from an is
sue Of the Outlook"
The dispersion Of the w. J. Miller
herd Of high grade Angus cattle, which
was held at the stock pavilion in New
ton, brought one of the largest crowds
that has ever attended a cattle sale
here.
This herd was among the finest In
the Mississippi valley and the cattle
We're sold only because Mr.. Miiler's
falling health made it impossible for
him to keep them.
The records Of the herd are inter-
esting. It won eight -four ribbons in
Chicago, among which was the grand
champion female Of the 1911 interna-
tionai stock show. At the big show in
Kansas City 1872 ribbons were won. and
the herd has won more than a hundred
ribbons at the Iowa state fairs.
The sale was conducted by George
Denniston, who has charge Of Mr.. Mil
ier's property while he Is incapacitated
for business. Col. Silas Igo and f. A.
McMurray & Sons were the auc-
tioneers and w. IL. Sayre the clerk.
Eighty lone head Of cattle were sold
and the total amount OF the sale was
$17, 430. The average price was $1g7 80.
This was the general average but the
average of the prize cattle was OF
course much higher.
The highest price paid was for
Blackbird Rose 1S6435. This COW was
bought by Eschner & Ryon, of Botna.
for 1915 Others that brought good
prices were Metz Miss Barbarar 16o12a,
who went to the same firm for $3.50.
Barbara Woodson 1851 went to Carl
Rosenfield. of Kelly, for $50. These
two firms were among the buyers OF
the best cattle, and each purchased
several head which brought $500 or
more.
Colt shows In Iowa have added from
Is to so per cent to the value Of draft
horses in more than one community
The acid test of stations merit
Is the progeny test His ability to get
good stuff is what counts.
No better means of applying the
progeny test could be devised than the
local colt show which is now having
such great vogue. It strips of the
mask of good grooming, red and yellow
braid and fancy pedigree, behind which
many stallion masquerades. and fur
nishes at once the most searching and
most readily understood test of sire
merit. 1t also eliminates extended
travel over the countryside in order to
study a sire'S get.
To the average farmer stallion is
more than half sold if at the time OF
purchase he is fat, well groomed and
much beribboned. Individual excellence
il a good thing but it does not always
insure a good breeder. A systematic
and first hand study of his get Is far
more searching test as to stations
true merit than pages Of history or
show record.
That q renter can make money on an
Iowa farm that would command from
s275 to 5000 an acre and for which the
tenant must pay accordingly has been
demonstrated by Charles A. Martin.
who has been farming the Ben Bush
place, near Knoxville, for the last four
seasons One Of these seasons was too
wet and another too dry for good
crops. Mr. Martin took with him when
he went on the Bush farm four head
of horses and few select Shorthorn
cattle. He increased the cattle as rap
idly as possible and recently held
sale Of stock at which he cleared
1851 so. with other money earned on
the farm during his four seasons OF
tenancy he bought farm five miles
north of here, paying down nearly the
entire purchase price. s; .y
The biggest hog for its age ever
raised at Iowa state College, :. Hemp :
shire-Duroc Jersey cross. weighing POS
pounds at 6 months of age, was re-
Gently marketed at Chicago. This is
thirteen pounds more than the prize 9
months old hog raised last year. The
hog this year weighed 35O.5 pounds
when marketed, at the age Of 234 days
This hog not only beat the record
Of any months old hog ever raised
at the college. but IT beat all monthly
gain records. At 2 months 1t weighed
6ss5 pounds; at months, 106 pounds;
at months, i5i pounds. and at :
months, 29s pounds.
Four other hogs about the same age
and fed the same ration were mar
lketed at the same time, Weighing
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