Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-16
IOWA FARM NEWS ANDNOTES

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| trucks. He hired the Brady Transfer
Company, Of that city to do the haul
ing with one Of their trucks. farmer
near Davenport recently sold on the
open market in that city IA 9-months-
old pigs that averaged 252 pounds and
| for which he received liz cents a
pound, or total Of $4,173.12.
| j. NJ Speed. who is one Of the big
| farmers out in Franklin township,
Marion county, deposited a check with
one of the Knoxville banks last week
! to the amount OF $6,507.9S. This
check was in payment for wheat which
Mr.. Speed had sold. and is considered
somewhat Of record sale. Mr.. Speeds
foresight In holding this crop over
from last year has given him sub
astantial profit. This crop was raised
on Mr.. Speeds big farm, southwest OF
| the city, and considering the price re-
ceiyed was literally worth its weight in
gold.
Mckinley Brothers closing out sale
one half miles east of Clarion Fri
day brought the grand total OF $S,2Si,
The thirty Polled Angus cattle were
sold at the good average of $137.So
head Buyers from a distance were
numerous, several being present from
Hampton, Hansell, Forest City, Man.
son, Thornton, and harrisburg. For
the convenience of those coming OH
trains the Mckinley Brothers had
conveyances at the trains at Solberg,
Rowan and Calf. The tent that had
been counted on failed TO arrive. but
the weather was not stormy. The ten
brood sows sold for between $50 and
500 each. the seven cows brought
prices ra nginy from $40 to $50 and the
five steers coming years old averaged
s6S each.
In spite of the extreme cold and
high winds of last Thursday James ].
Horn. Of Mechanicsvine, had SPLEEN
did sale of Duroc sows and glte I'm
the forenoon it seemed there. would, be
no one present and Mr.. Horr vas
afraid he would not be able foahave
sale at all. But by noon there were
enough people present to have sale,
for IL was certain that tiF'se Wfo were
present were there for business. One
man drove fl ON Monticello in boo
sled, distance of twenty or twenty
a.A ...ilss ord nc Bot; 81: t=.'c: hogs The
average price of the fifty head was
So, which IS $40 less, no doubt, than
it would have been had the day been
plea SAINT.
One day lest week f. ". Henderson,
of Mechanicsvlle. brought in 1876 hogs
which he sold to Len Hines and for
which he vas PAID s4.Mt Just re-
member these figures. II was the
largest check Mr.. Hines ever gave one
man for a single shipment OF hogs
number OF years ago Hines bought the
old Crorikhite. p.ace--eirhty acres Of
it. and later bough: the other eight
The farm. was not considered 2 de-
s!raole one in that day In fact there
WASH. a good road to it But. Ed
Henderson was able,to see the possis
bihties OF the place and he had no
misgiyinSs whatever as TO the snnat
outcome Of his investment He mixed
brains and labor SO evenly, and backed
up the mixture with such staunch
perseverance that present condition Of
the farm makes 1t one of the finest
in that secr!on. = 1t Is splendidly I'M
proved, kept as neat as pin and 1T Is
a pleasant place to visit.
The Ben Morris public sale OF bred
sows again calls attention 10 the hogs
of STORY county The sale held the
past week at the Morris farm shows
that the highest price paid for a SOW
was $50 while they drfred down from
that TO lower figure There were
thirty four head OF hogs in the sale
and the average price paid was s4s.i0.
AT the o. y. Biggs sale near Algnna
Thursday there were farmers in at
tendance from as far northwest as
Lofts Creek, and as far south as Lu
Verne. Mr.. Biges was well pleased
with the treatment he received at the
hands of the bidders. The high horse
sold for sa23 and it's mate brought an
even 5000 Peter Bornlan. Of River
dale. got this team. The cattle also
sold we'll. The stock was in good con-
dftion, and the quality was high. the
family intends to move soon to Mon
tana, where o B. will engage in farm
ing and stockraising. The Biggses
have made host Of friends around
Iryington who will be sorry to see.
them leave the neighborhood.
Will SeegmiMer, of Locust. arrived
home Tuesday from Chicago. where
he had been with car Of hogs, which
he sold at 1890 a hundred, q nice
price, we must say. Mr.. 'SeegmiHer
also sold three fine horses to Roman
Bros. last Saturday. which means he
took home nice check for hogs and
horses.
Buyers from Illinois. Wisconsin. and
Indiana were at Mount Vernon last
week for the e. c. Forest sale OF
thoroughbred Poland China hogs.
Sixty.nine head were sold, at an aver
age of sS5 per head, The first sorty
head averaged an even 800, the top
being 3155. All buyers were from out
Of town except I. n. West, who pur-
chased six head. and Neal Bros who
bought four, Over fifty head were
shipped to distant points by express
Peter Mouw, Of Orange City sold
fifty -one Poland China hogs Tor $12.S25
at his sale OF bred sows. Breeders and
stockmen say that the average price
paid, s25e.47. is by far the highest
average ever paid for sows at a Poland