Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-13
LIVE STOCK SALES
AND FARM CHANGES

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Within the past few days one of the
! finest farms around Belle PLANE chang
ed hands, John Hughes purchasing the
d. f. Holley, place, just at the north
west edge Of town. While the consider
! alton was not announced 1t Is under
| stood to have been around $3.50 per
acre. There are LAT acres in the tract
and it is well improved with thoroy
modern home and fairly good barns and
buildings. Mr.. and Mrs. Holley will
move to town and will hold a closing
out sale at the farm.
The stock sale of Miner Bros. resid-
1g eight miles south of Ventura. on
Feb. rs. attracted a large crowd. of In
terested bidders from all over the coun-,
try This was their first sale of pure
bred Duroc Jersey hogs and 1t was
success considering it was their first
offerings They sold 40 head OF sows
at an average of 5000 per head. top
price s175.0o reached. j. Wellendorf &
Son. of Algona paying that figure for
a spring gilt. There were bidders from
Minnesota and South Dakota and from
over the state who were strong bidders
and only about one half of the 40 head
going outside of the state. J. r. Gal
ford OF Clear Lake. bid In two head at
s47.50 and $3.50. and one going to Roy
Miller, Of Clear Lake at S55.
The Chauncey w. Kitchen sale on
the viii Link farm. one mile north Of
Rock Rapids on Thursday. Feb. %.
was by far the largest sale Of the year
in Lyon county, the total running up,
to 10000. Matt Cox, who clerked the
kitchen sale. said that not since 1884
had there been any such sale In Lyon
county. In that year he clerked a sale
on the Fl. b. Carter ranch, the total Of
which reached $4,000. Carter was a
banker in eastern Iowa and had tried
without success to run the farm at long
distance. He had nearly 100 head Of
cattle, and this Ia what made the big
total. twenty-five head OF grads
horses averaged $3.50. One hundred and
thirty-seven cattle averaged $50
head One hundred and thirty-four
brood sows averaged 1913. Seventy-one
stock hogs averaged S20.f5.
The thirteenth annual Duroc Jersey
bred SOW sale was held last Tuesday
on the Pleasant Hill Farm of b. A.
Samueson, about twelve miles south
east of Ida Grove. The sale was a
great success from every standpoint,
the total being close to $1,000. The
seventy head averaged slightly over
s7l each, the best price being $3.50. Per-
sons came not only from I'll parts OF
Iowa, but from Minnesota. south Da-
kota and Nebraska.
The J. w. McCune sale on March
at Winterset is believed to be the BAN
ner sale for the highest average price
ever made on hogs in Madison county.
Thirty head Of hogs sold for $2.825.5O
an average price of $77.51. Thirteen
head Of Shorthorn cattle brought an
average price of $3.50, rood price,
considering the age Of the cattle, which
was from six months to two years.
c. r. Silcox, OF Esterville. markete(
a hog in Chicago last week that weigh
ed six hundred and twenty pounds. the
price per hundred pounds was $1a.25,
and the little fellow netted Mr.. Silcox
$71.55. ~ .. ,
At the Wilbur Anderson Duroc Jer-
sey Hog Sale held last Saturday in
Guthrie Center nineteen sows and Hilts
were sold at an average price OF $65.74.
This il the highest average price ever
received in this part OF the county.
Car, Hansen, Of Ringsted. has sold his
Echo Hill Farm, together with his herd
of Holstein cattle, machinery, etc. DR..
West. of Armstrong. Is the purchaser.
The consideration was $4,000. Mr.
Hansen had fine herd OF Holstein
cattle, and he had become quite well
known in this section Of the state as
a breeder OF Holsteins.
O. Pratt. Of Kingsley. sold two loads
OF hogs recently that brought him over
| az 600. There were 81 hogs in the first
shipment that averaged 1855 pounds ana
sold for $l27O. The second lot con-
| tanned so head that averaged 32o
| pounds and sold for $3.50.
M Hancher OF koire. recently had
! one OF the most suocessfu! poleno emma
bred sow sales that has been held IN
this section OF the state this winter.
The average per head for 81 head was
s1s5e0. The total receipts were So
| e225o Only two head sold FOR less
than 500.
| Frank Rainier, Of near Logan, sold
thirty-E six pure bred Poland China hogs
here Saturday afternoon for sS.sss.4o
to BUYERS from Iowa and Nebraska and
other states. The hogs are tho large
type. and the bidding was spirited, ana
thirty-four OF the thirty-six hogs were
taken to distant points. One hog
brought $205.
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