Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-17
TO. his ability to pick the right kind Of
cattle when selecting his own load. Z.

The biggest load Of eggs ever de-
liyered in West Union Ia what 10 claims
ed by w, p. Lauer, the Eldorado mer.
chant; and what u more, the load waa
beyond doubt the most valuable. OWNS
to the high price paid for the hen
fruit. Mondays load brought by Mr.
Lauer's motor truck consisted OF for.
ty-seven cases, four more cases than
were brought on his biggest previous
load OF fortythree. These eggs were
paid for at the rate Of 30 cents doz.
en-, or 80 case, making the total val!
lie OF this one load Of eggs $42S The
large quantity in the load and the high
price paid combined establish q record
for the value OF one load. A
Lyle Mckay ana his father w. w.
Mckay, OF Ida Grove. shipped cattle
to Chicago Tuesday evening Of last
week, each having car Of twenty
head. that averaged in the neighbour
hood OF 1.l26 pounds. These animals
were bought In Sioux City Jan. 10 at
9l2 pounds, for 3 cents pound. They
have been on full feed eighty FIVE days.
Mr.. Mckay, ST., used as a feeding RAJ
ton corn, and alfalfa. He Is q great
believer In alfalfa and is satisfied with
the 215 pound gains. His son varied
his ration somewhat adding oil meal
among other things.
oliver Frush sold valuable bunch
OF winter pigs to Ned ,Spurgin, Of
Beech. There were twenty zone head
OF the shoats. They were narrowed In
September and sold In March, being
100 days old at the time Of sale. The
total weight Of the twenty-one head
was 1870 pounds, or an average Of y
little more than 1s9 pounds EACH They
sold on the market for II cents per
pound and brought $3.50. Mr.. Frusn
states that the pigs made Sc per BUSH
ell out Of every bushel of corn and
ground oats fed them. with tankago
and oil meal. All the corn was bought
and weighed as we'll as the tankage.
oil meal and oats. Nine Of the TWEEN
ty-one pigs sold were Of one litter.
The Ole Peterson Rue farm, at Os-
sian. o( which estate Sam Neres0n was
administrator. was sold recently by Mr..
tNereson to J. w. Becker and Swinung
Peterson for S155 an acre. MT. Becker
bought ninety-two acres adjoining his
farm on the south. and Mr.. Peterson
the ntnety-two acres on which the
improvements are. This farm lies
two and one-half miles north Of Os-
sian. The additional ninety-two acres
gives Mr.. Becker total OF 232 acres,
as good . farm as there Is In Winnie
shiek county. The papers closing this
deal werc executed Friday.
Registered Hereford cattle brought
prices ranging from 800 to $1,000 at
the opening Of the two days sale OF
the Hereford stock OF J. A. Shade, OF
Kingsley. In the new sale pavilion at
the Sioux City stock yards "Wednesday
afternoon. Fred Reppert, the auction
eer, pronounced the new sale pavilion
which was used for the first time. as
the most elaborate OF its type in the
country.
George Winter, Of villisca, bought
record bunch Of cattle for the Ottum-
wa Packing Company. The cattle were
bought Of 10y Harris Of four miles
southwest Of Coin. There were 14a
head In the bunch and Mr.. Winter
wrote the former owner q check for
S23.750 for the lot The. cattle were
driven to Northboro Immediately after
the deal was made and were shipped
direct to Ottumwa-
u. Hollander. OF near Holsteiny IRE =
Gently shipped car OF hogs to CHR
cago. They were good enough, to top
the market, he receiving S15.25 on that
day.