Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-01
LIVE STOCK SALES
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winam Pecks, OF Elgin. was ON ths
Sioux City market Wednesday, with
car OF mixed cattle containing two am.
mails that got special mention by ths
stock yFds reporters. One was x
$50 pound bull that sold for SS76 u
hundred and brought s241.bo. This AMI
NAL was enc Of the heaviest ever seen
in the Sioux City yards. The bull
was fed and cared for by MT Pecks'
two sons, Donald and Harold, aged
and 10 years respectfully. The boy
went In with their father to see their
big pet sold. 5,' g *.
In the same shipment was q COW
that Mr. Pecks Sought twelve years
ago for SIS and sold for $123 In addir
ton to having added twelve calves TO
the herd at the fseks farm, Both these
sales are good examples Of the remark
able prices now being received for
live stock AZ
Dalman Thomas LYING ten miles
seuthasat af copyad her 4 very sgcs
cessfnl ssle last Thursday at which
time he daaosad Of his splendid nera
Of Holateip cattle. Attic the DAY Was
bad one 1t had no effect ON the Anan-
cial s,sccesa OF the sale 4 The entire
ofYeying sold well. There wScs ~ head
listed, including few yeaEaings ana
calves. The average ,Eas neeFly SSs'
Tho cattle were we'll bred dairy stock
and were picked by Nj. Thomas FROM
the best herds OF Wisconsin and Ver-
naeat. The sale was made because the
owner was short OF suitable pasture.
Who ever heard Of stag hog selI-
ing for S102.s5. That is what Oscar
Beavers, Of east Of Leon. received for
a stag delivered 10 G. ~. Akes Last
Thursday. The hog weighed 7SV
pounds. and after taking the regular
90 pounds dock for staEs, MI. Be-
yers received pay Tor TO pounds q
14L cents a pound making $l0z.SS-
He also brought In sow the salne
day which weighed $50 pounds, tcF
which he, received $500, making
total Of Sfss.l5 Tor tho two hogs. Oscar
said he believes he could have IN
creased the weight Of the stag to LOCO
pounds, but didn't want to- take tns
risk on him.
J. A.. DALI. Of just wst Of Leon,
sold a 1-year-old Holstedn bull to G. -.
Axes the past week. which weighed
Ito pounds, which 40 . mighty heavy
weight for 4 3-yeAr-oId. and probably
was the heaviest l-year-pld bull ever
raised in Decatur county. MI. Axes
shipped him TO Ct. Joa, and paid MT.
Dale $3.50 per hundred for him.
Speaking Of large hogs Dave BostaR
OF sumner, claims to have the record
around there for the year On fast tra-s
day he marketed st Readlyn one hos
which tipped the beam at 80. . q
price Of $500 s.
What r. B. Stroschein considers ths
best bunch Of young hogs he ever mar
keted brought him nice money Wnen
delivered In wests Union. The twelSe
'hcg. At I months old weighed an Az
erase Of 1s5 pounds and sold at w !
per hnndredwsisht. the twelve bssag-
ing him t3s.2S each, - . total q SssL
v. W. waitmAn. Who faMns the ~
II. Fsrsussa faym sM tha Pike raad
east OF AlgonA has = youAG Holstein
COW that produced an pQvrdk Of but
tsr,fat ~ q 1.yesr -old. He Also naS
another hsifer, with her hrst eaE.
which he recently bougflt from M
Ferguson, that Is giving twenty -elgnt
pounds OF milk per day. Mr.. Waatmanl
has six aged cows, which, he said. we're
giving nifty pounds OF milk eacn pela
day.