Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-20
LIVE STOCK SAILS
AND FARM chANoIs

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The Blenfang closing out sale, north
Of Grundy Center, was, the largest
farm sale held In the county. during
the past year. The sale brought $i1,-
AGO. This was about $1,000 more than
the owners valued the sale al they figa
ured II 1t brought 10000 everything
would be paid for. A span OF mulsa
brought tiSo, a team Of horses sold fol
S445, mich COWS went UP to SIS. and
brood sows brought $50 apiece and fa!l
pigs sold for ST. Calves. brought
ss2.5o. heifers sold FOR SEA. About
100 bushels OF corn In crib brought
gig cents a bushel. Potatoes in twen-
~ bushel lots sold up to 1910 a bush
el. Chickens brought 81 cents apiece
A second band binder brought .$101. I,
cost very little more when It was new
A profit Of 1ls,s00 was realized BY
Henry Slndt, a retired farmer. 1Sll
West Third street, Davenport, on q
land Investment Ne made seventys one
years ago. Mr.. Sindt purchased leS
acres OF land In Is4s FOR l1.1B an acfl
or 1900. Recently Louis Mueller puff
chased the 1s0-acfe farm fof $4,000.
The land IL located six miles northeast
Of the city. Fef MANY years the farm
has been predicting boutnlful food
stuffs. Mr.. Sindt, Who is In the best
OF health at 90 years OF age. said Satur-
day that the contemplated boost In the
prices or cigars would not worry him.
He is very fond Of an after dinner
smoke.
Recent public sales have shown no
let-down In the scale of high prices
for live stock and farm products In
Fayette county as shown In sales pre-.
reported this spring. w. w.
Wright, Of the State Bank OF West
Union. gives figures OF two sales held
the past week at. which the prices
were more than satisfactory to tho
sellers. At Fred Brause's sale on the
Elsin. road on Friday. corn sold at
sll5n busbel. oats at 10 cents a
hushel and hens at 1907 per head.
This sets new mark FOR hen prices,
so far as reported to us. Twenty
TWO mead of sSeaI-oiida stsssrss soia &:
l55 a head At ]. =. knutson's sale in
Dover township on Thursday, the item
Of interest was the price of dairy cows.
They sold at from s51 to $50. eleven
head in all, one cow and calf bringing
s10350. Eight yearling steers sold at
s445e a head. Hens sold At sl.03
apiece. The sale totaied $4,000.
The largest and, most valuable mar
ket hog that ever changed ownership
In Knoxville, was purchased by Man
nix e ShIvvers Of Isaac overton last
Thursday. The animal was a regular
of pork, Weiohing $40 pounds
and brought 10 cents per pound. or a
total Of S102.7o. This giant hog was
raised by 4. Rooii. ots Goraaova, and
over,on last faH FOR 500. Messrs.
Mannix and Shiyvers started him In
the direction ~ ~. Dtek .bnfrsl Thurs
day evenlAG NAsh ffSx SSi6rofs Sim to
The packing l1ouse at: a11fiiat ~
l,sFs. .s.ss, Nd. II. ~ X,
Henry Pisughman purchased tho
20 acre -fasra; OF -c,4-N--W. EngIebert
n Scott county fpr lsg.elo. Or 1892 per
acre. HIN brothers. Dict and Charlie
q n n 4
eighty,acre tracs ave. miles south Of
Marenso. FOR 81 l,ooo or 3lsIso an acre.
colens, Enslebert will move to Ma
rengo in the near future where he will
erect "a beautiful new home.
Ben. Smith recently sold his 118-acre
farm, near, Denison, to parties in that
place at 5000 per acre. Eight years
ago he purchased q quarter section at
hoo an acre. A short time ago he sold
.orty acres FOR $500 and later dis
posed OF Two acres for 1900. The $50
acres brought him $a4.A0o, or an in
sc during the past eight years OF
] 20 9oo-an advance oY ia, 757 per year.
Dick Burma, north OF Ackley, butch
cred a hog Monday which for weight
was somewhat beyond the oft1ina ~.
His "hogsh,p' weighed $50 pounds.
and II sold at the prevailing price that
lay. would have brought the owner
pound pork chops al %. ham anu
bacon from 20 to os cents i boinl
,orkers are, worth having. a:;f3
John p. Olson. OF NewhalL sold
three pure. bred Hereford helfef calves
70 A Mr.. washburn. OF Willard. Pope
county. Minnesota. FOR An even it,ioO.
Il nays 10 raise the 1000 Kind.
The real record price FOR farm land
IN Marion county mas been paid by
=. lIburn A. Hili. ~ Tracy. who has
,u.t n,,rrhasad rourteen AGRA. ~ the
Gregory estat. In CLAW .tavnsh,p. near
Tracy ar the enormous ner. acre nrioe
NJ ssoo Ar s7.ooo FOR the ffant. Tho
far,n was or,rina,iy on. az
pso acres II was acid eighteen years