Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-19
PROSPERITY IN IOWA
AS SHOWN BY LAND
AND-LlvE STOCK SALES

W 2 kfnnirk, ~of AtelSferRer SounT
1y supervisor app one 81 iihs ois I'm,
ers and stockmen of the county. mas
Aust sold crop of corn raised oe ms
farm in Monona county, near onaWa-
For il he received over $4,000. MI.
Kinnick gave the northern Iowa farm
personal attention TINS
wear. and the reward easily ustines
the work. The corn brought from ~
10 80 cents a bushei and was SOLD by
him for SO cents 4 bushel. The saleas
nerhaps the largest single corn deal re-
norted in Iowa tffs year, and brings
the Adel man big profit NE
ELY Brothers & Bringoff held a pub
lie sale at their farm four miles .nor.h-
west of Webster City which was tue
biggest sale Of the season, IN TINS VI,
cinity. In less than three hours STOCK
and farm machinery were SOLD lot W.
500. In this sale was a carload OF hoes
that sold right out OF the field Tor, q
few dollars less than $4,000 sales
have been a great success this year 10
Hamilton county and stock sespecialiy
has been bringing top prices.
A., the John Briggs sale held Tues
day on his farm south OF IltonKa'
known as the George Hansen home
stead. the east one-half Of the quarter
and the southwest forty Of the quarter.
was sold at public auction TO a.
Schram, consideration Si9e.50 per acre
II 900 to be paid down and the balance
ar the equity March l, 1917. The lZo
acres cost Mr.. Schram $22.SS0 and is
considered by good Judges OF land 70 pe
a bargain. The sale was well attended
ard all stock and machinery brought
good prices.
Col. r. A. Benson, of Sheldon, recent
Iy sold a 1-year-old 1.000-pound thor
.ouehbred Shorthorn bull to G. F.3Tei-
kan. OF Brookings, s. D., for s?ee; s:sc
q 10-months- old bull to breeder out
near Pierre, S. D.. for $3.50. Good bred
stock. such as Mr.. Benson handles, Is
always in demand and sells at fancy
prices, too. 1t pays to keep the best
stock possible 1t costs to more 10
feed a good animal than a scrub, the
one being an asset the other liability.
There il always lot Of talk about
political pork and pork barrels, but
when 1t comes to getting real money
for the four footed porkers, we think
John Moe, Of Glenwood township,
Winneshick county, holds the winning
hand. Ne brought in eight big Poland
China hogs and sold them to Ole Bur-
reson, buyer for Henry Reeves, and re-
jceiyed a check for 3S46.75. He recelv-
ed 81 cents pound and the hogs
weighed $3.50 pounds. z !, !,
The highest price ever paid for a
FLOODED Hereford bull was paid Mon
dav At the sale OF Campbell & Son. OF
Grand River, Osceola county. when 1t
brought the high price OF &2,o05. Buy
ers from nearly all parts OF the coun-
try were here. several coming from az
far away as Montana In all seventy
five head Of Herefords were sold and
the average price paid was very high.
Altho handicapped by the fact that
the packers were fully supplied. P. c.
Ho,aosSa. ana Ks:iis William. 81 Ct
Rockwell city. sold sheep in Chicago
Friday. at a price which gave them -
blIshel for their corn. These sheep
w.re kept on Chester Place. the large
farm owned By Mt. Holdoegel and OPP
Grated by Mr.. Williams just outside OF
town. The feeding Of so many sheep
was watched with interest by the farm
| ers. The disposal Of them. advantage
ously in the face Of many handicaps 10
expected to encourage more owners to
| try the experiment next year.
Ed Wiese, well known farmer and
stockn1an living two miles southeast OF
Manning was agreeably surprised
! when mis- car OF white-fa caatie top
iped the chicago MARKET for the Day. ne
getting s1f.2s per hundred for twenty
one head that averaged LOO pounds
apiece, The sum he realized from the
carload was $3.064.50. "
Alben johnson, Of Richards, sbelled
| about 1000 bushels Of corn last Wed
nesdsy He sold 1t for SO cents per p Due 2.
Il ii the farmers elevator in Rockwell
tcity. ~. ..is.. ~. y;
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