Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-06
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
The first annual sale Of Holstein-
Friesian Association. Of Boyden. was
held last week Tuesday on the Rensink
Bros farm. Sixty one choice cattle
brought 1885, about 1910 q head.
When 1t was considered that large
per cent Of these were calves and year.
lings, the average Is remarkably good.
The sale was very satisfactory to the
promoters; and unusually good consid-
ering unfavorable conditions-bad
roads. snowstorms. railroad strike
(proposed) and late trains Next years
event will be larger and better, as plans
are already under way for next years
sale. ~ G5
The most gigantic deal in live pork
that has ever taken place in Marion
county. or perhaps In southern Iowa,
was completed when Bailey & Son, the
Bussey stock buyers. purchased about
1000 head of hogs Of the Huffman
Bros, two miles southeast of Knoxville.
This enormous number OF hogs from a
single Marion county farm will> I'LL
fourteen stock cars to capacity in the
neighborhood Of $43, 600 to $4,000. The
Huffman hogs are being loaded out At
the Knoxville. station Of the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy and are consigned
to ST. Louis. 2 iislf -
81.
The average for the fifty head ;of
Angus cattle sold at the William Cash
sale at Williamsburg was .$37s. Wat
son Bros Of Harris Mo-. paid 5000
for three which they shipped to their
farm. Other buyers from out OF the
state were w. +. Echles, CT Green City,
Mo. Wess Miller, Of Oak Ridge. Mo-.
Monier Of Carrollton, Mo-. r. McKev-
witt, Of Bloomington. Wis. J. A. Mills.
of Kirkville. Mo-. J. f. Scott, Of Garth
age, H.. J. Arnold. Of CurroIIton. Mo-,
Hauck Bros. Of Cassville. Wis, E. w.
Brown, Luverne Mimi, Elliott Bros. of
Estill. Mo. Charles Fischer, of Manning,
Iowa, paid s2.375 for FIVE; p. J. Dono-
hoe. Of Holbrook, Iowa, paid $3.50 for
one and $40 for another b. C. Dove, of
Sherlock, Iowa, paid 1850 for three
cows.
II anybody thinks it doesn't pay to
raise fat cattle in Delaware county he
should have heart to heart talk with
Joe Nieman. A day or two ago Mr.. Me
man sold Vanfleet & Swindle, OF Earl
Vile. bunch OF twenty three steers
which brought the highest price ever
Maid hala
market. This is Joe's word for it, any
way. and he insists he Ii right. These
cattle, which were all under two years
Of age, weighed 23.270 lbs, and sold for
$1,000 per cwt, or an average OF about
sos each. The check which MIR. Me
man received called for $2.443.35. which
ought to keep him in gasolene and good
humor for time. The cattle averaged
l0l1 pounds in weight and were re- /,
markably fine bunch.
AS you know. cattle fifteen years ago
did not bring the prices they are bring
ing today. This was brought forcibly
to the mind Of Bremen county's success
full breeders recently when one sold a
1s-year-old COW for beef, for 3S5. This
man bought the animal as q thorough
bred fifteen years ago for SS5. During
these years he has sold calves and milk
from the COW to the value of 5000.
To buy a cow Of the breeding of this
one. one would have to 90 down into
his weasel skin to the tune Of $3.50 or
$500, yet this man had the use Of the
animal and her produce for fifteen
years and sold her for beef for as much
as he paid for her.
A few weeks ago Gilbert Miller
bought Of the Willow Lawn Farm COM
pany at Waverly ten Duroc Jersey
brood sows for $3.50. Some Of his
neighbors thought Gilbert had made q
poor buy. but they are not feeling that
way now. At the latest report nine Of
the sows had had pigs. The least any
one Of them had was eight and the
most was sixteen. In each case where
there were over twelve pigs those over
twelve were killed. leaving ninety-six
strong, vigorous pigs. 1t Is safe to say
that Gilbert, barring disease or acct
dent. will rear over 100 pigs this season
from these ten sows.
INJURY mai, ouc VI tuC cASCptAOH-
ally successful farmers of Warren
township. Bremen county, took a car
load Of hogs to Chicago last week In
the car there were sixty hogs which
weighed 16,245 pounds when weighed In
Chicago. He received t15.45 per cwt.
for them, or q total Of S2.519.s5. Besides
that, Mr.. Iserman has over s.. 900 worth
of hogs still on the place, which he re-
tanned for breeding purposes. And that
is not all-he has 1900 bushels Of corn
left which he can feed to his hogs II
he sees At.
Ho&'s this for a hog story and
true one AZ that: Grimes Brothers, Of
West Onion, sold one porker on the
local market last week, that brought
them the neat sum of S947x, lat $13.75
per hundred. This Is perhaps the most
money ever paid for oneshoS on the
market OF West Union s
At the recent Weaver e Gardner
sale Of Shorthorn cattle at ,Wapello,
$4,000 worth or cattle were sold. w,
Motoru ~ .