Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-19
FIRST SALE OF BREEDERS NET
PRODUCER GOOD AVERAGE
FOR FEMALES.
DEMAND FOR MALES
POOR; FEW ARE SOLD
Forty-Fivs Head Out Of Listed Offer
ings Of Fifty.Five Animals Sold at
Auetion-FsmaIes Sell For Average
Of $235 Per Head-sals Attracts
Buyers From Distant States.

! Forty-five head Of blooded Short
! horns of herd of fifty-five listed and
I offered. were sold at auction for $10-
! 465 at the Harmon feed barn Thurs
day afternoon in the first sale OF
/ breeder cattle held IN the city this fall
+; They were mostly the young stuff OF
the Harmondaie herd, near Rhodes. a
majority OF the individuals being
! Young heifers and males.
| In. some respects the sale was good
and almost exceptional Bidders from
both nearby and distant states, who
were mostly after young females,
the females made the bulk Of the sale,
as q few attempts showed the buyers
were not after young males.
1 Females Average High.
/ The herd was offered in good con-
dition as whole, and they showed
much breeding quality. In the blood
lines there are traces of the Cruick-
shank families. thru such individuals
as Orange Blossom, Victoria, Flora
and others
! Evidence of quality, together with
what appeared to be an eagerness to
buy, resulted in all the females, forty
| five head, being sold. They brought a
total of $500. which is an average
of s235 head. Eight hundred eighty
dollars was the top price, and s110 was
the bottom, but only fifteen of the
| forty-five sold for less than 5000, and
seven of the forty five sold for more
! than $500.
Mother and Twin High Sellers.
Archers Darling Second, S6S27 a s.
year-old cow who had by her side a
pair of likely looking young twin
calves, topped the sale for $3.50. w. c.
Rosenberger, of Tiffin. O., bought her.
Lady Gloster, 1921, another 5-year-
old. proved an attractive individual,
the bids for which ran up to $430 be-
fore she was knocked down to George
| A. Bonewell, of Grinnell
William Herschelman, Of Elwood.
paid third high sale price of $405 for
Duchess OF Gloster Sixtieth, 209149, a
| 3-year-old roam
victorine. 1886, one Of a pair of
! twins, white 3-year-old. was sold to
r. E. Baldwin, of Osceola for 1915
This price was fourth high Of the sale
| Males Not Wanted.
! It soon became evident that the
crowd did not want males. and espe-
ciaAly young ones. OF the catalOgeo
| offering Of eleven head only three were
sold for total Of s575. The average
was $191. Baron Butterfly. 3S4141. a
roam youngster calved in 1912, brought
$245. the highest price for males. E.
| B. Shores, of GAINESVILLE, Wis, bought
him.
The heaviest purchasers were Fred
H. Eihlers. Tama; R. E. Baldwin.
Osceola; Anoka Farm. Waukesha,
Wis; w. e. summerville. Manning:
| William Herschelman, Elwood: Par
sons & Son, Carroll; ]. r. Rippey,
Lancaster. Mo-: George A Bonewell.
Grinnell, and E. w. Carr, st. Law
renee. S. D. Other buyers were E. B.
Shores. GAINESVILLE, Wis; swearingen
& Son, Hedrick; w. c. Rosenberger.
Tifin. o.: NJ. ]. Hickey. Manning: H.
Dewey. Roland: L. H. Sheetz, Belle
PLANE; Andrews Bros, Melbourne:
DR.. c. A. Noggle, George Lewis and J.
G. Bailey. city: Binford & Sons, Lis
comb, and C.. H. F'ricke Rhodes.