Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-09
IOWA FARM NEWS AND NOTES
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LIVE STOCK SALES
AND FARM CHANGES

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The day of William Nails preo 80"
sale, at Britt, opened favorable, but
ar . o,c,,ck tho wind changed to the
.,.. a.e,, .nd
no' invest oeoo''he s'''o
causing many to stay at home, put the
attendance was very good. The bidding
was ,,ve,,, from, start to finish. prices
ranging from saa IN $40 ner head. In
all nineteen gifts and two yearling
tried sows made an average OF $3.50
per head,
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Fred Sievers. of Audubon, sold forty
head of Poland Chinas for a total of
s1e.33O. an average of s3Os.25, break
ing al, former records The record for
an individua, bred SOW M to that time
was ssa5 The first SOW sold in the
s,evers sale brought ss40. establishing
n new record. A few minutes after
ward SEQ was paid and then the tenth
SOW offered brought 1910.
For total value OF property sold, and
for high prices for the various kinds of
nronertv tho auction sale OF George
Wander g. Sons nj tho wander farm
neor clermont. was q record breaker
for Fave,te county, The total of the
sale amounted TO sfe,026.05. The big
tom IN the sale was the pedigreed herd
Long ner;od of wears by Mr.. Wander
and bis sons and Mt this time entirely
disnersed as Mr. Wander. owing to
his advanced years Ia leaving the
farm The fortv-six shorthorns sold
for 4, soo 20 an average OF $I2O. 90
uoveyer tho sale without the pedi-
rreed catt,e amounted to the com
Portable sum of ss4ss. The herd bull
went RI Uy,;an wander at $500. The
oth.r h,,,,. ranged IN price from, 800
IA zs,575oI The cows and heifers
a,ged from $50 to 1925. a majority OF
them selling at figures above 800 In
horses one team sold at $500. and other
horses and colts ranged from $50 to
$3.50 Sheep sold at remarkably high
fvures. There were fifty Ave head, In
GLIDING some spring lambs. and moth
sold as high as 1850. They were sold
IN lots OF ten and I'VE. In stock cattle
five yearling steers brought $50 each.
Seven late spring calves brought an
averare OF sss.5O. while twenty three
2-year-old steers brought in one lot
an average OF ss62O
The D. II. Brinkman sale. at Sheldon,
was bv long odds the banner sale OF
the season in this vicinity. It was vir-
tually a purebred HolsteIn sale the
an all cash deal About $50 bidders
from eight states were in attendance
and s1i 900 Of the aggregate was
money brought to Sheldon from other
10 alities. The top helfer sold for $3.50
10 South Dakota breeder Yearlng
bulls brought s275. Heifers 8 weeks
old sold from $50 to 500. The herd
bull brought S125, purchased by y. r.
who is Mr.. BrinkmaRs
successor and the animal will be re-
tanned on the premises. Cows sold pro.
high. the top being around
1850 up to $325.
@ss - 49,
Will Barth. OF Locust. brought
tn DEBORAH thirty-one hogs. averaging
24s pounds a head, and sold them to
and drew a check for 81, 031 so,
which was an average OF over .s33 a
head. On Monday Jack Malanaphy
another farmer, OF Canoe township
brought In twenty-ore head and sold
them to Reeves and went home with
a check for 3g2s.s2. He received sl340
n hundred. @
Archie Nelson's sale. at Manson
broke all records for farm sales in
this section. the total receipts OF the
sale being sla.3s7. The crowd was
very large buyers coming from all
over Calhoun. Pocahontas and Webster
coupties and the bidding was spirited.
All the stock was In the best of shape
On. team ri naras brought $500. A
bunch OF forty-t three steers, coming 8
veara old were bought by one OF the
ouaae hovs for s5557.B. There was
not a fu,l b,ooded steer In the bunch.
man- - .han, he.ns high grades and
thew had had the care and the feed and
wers a ene hunch ~ eood beef
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Pptteraeld A. Son. OF cloverdale
Farm Irvin.ton, have added some
C.hir. hogs during the mat month At
,hn n savere sale held at Dows on
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tho arm bought spring yearling.