Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-15
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It ia no wonder Uncle Sam caa hand
out money to the warning nations ir
little punches Of $1,000. 900, when stock
slippers can get $4,000 for q single
carload OF cattle, Clarence BuriesOn, y
jackson county stookman. shipped 9
carload Of fat steers to the Chicago
market for VhlCh he received draft
for $1,000. 81
Peter Kollssch, q Whittemore fArm-
er, ,shslled 1,sl1 bushels Of corn he
sold to the Whittemore Farmers Ele-
vator Company for a1.4a per huahel. or
a total Of $2,5ss.7s.
J. q. Mcwhorter, east Of Algona, IL
having his usual good luck with his
pig crop. He now has 81 little pork y
ers from 13 soWs. This is an excep-
tionally good record for this year
Clark Souffham recently sold and de-
livered carload OF hogs to one OF the
Algona buyers. There were 81 head in
the lot, and they averaged 254 lbs. each.
Clark received SIS per 'cwt.
Baird Bros. OF wapellp, sold IS cat =
tie on the Chicago market yesterday,
receiving the highest market price ever
paid for iowa cattle. $685. per hundred
pounds. the animals averaging 1900
pounds each. Charles Shipman. a for
mer Wapello boy, is one of Baird's
chief statesmen.
Raleigh's Sigma, six year old Jer-
sey COW, belonging to Whitacre 4 Son.
OF West Liberty, during the first four
months Of this year furnished her own
ers with $3.50 pounds OF milk. con-
tanning 1851 pounds Of butter fat. On
the basis Of 30 per cent established by
the Holstein association, this amount
OF butter fat would mean 84S.ss pounds
Of butter. or on the JERSEY basis Of ss
per cent, aas.A pounds Of butter. Dur
ing March she furnished enough fat
for an average OF three pounds of but
ter daily. She ranks NTH in the Ma
tionai associations tabulation.
Ed Moore 4 Son. shorthorn breeders
or west Liberty, have disposed Of a
year and a half old bull to Terrell &
Son, Of Oxford Junction for $1,000. The
animal was chosen by the American
Shorthorn association for shipment to
Argentina, but owing to the difficulty
in securing beats for shipment Of cat
tie, the loca. owners disposed Of the
hull in their home state.
Cassady & Son, proprietore Of the
largest sale OF Hereford cattle last
Thursday ever conducted In Mnnona
county. A total Of 337,965 was Re .lized.
Bright Prince sold for $4,000 and
Beauty Dandy Follows brought $1,000.
Fluffy, COW, was knocked down at
$1,000. while Gypsy Queen sold at ST.
050. Forty head Of hrought an
average Of 37os.s7 i. mead. while 20
bulls averaged 34ss.
J. =. Hayward OF Sheridan township.
Iowa county, sold q hog last week to
Dick Spirs Of Tama which in point Of
price comes neart being prize porksr.
The hog brought s1oS and weighed I710
pounda y.f{s
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Albert Brown. Q farmer living sAaF.
Adsl. reports that 10 recently sold =
purerbred Shorthorn butt TO South
American buyers at bis figure. The bull
has been shipped to Buenos Ayrse. Ar
gentina. Ever since the Panama-Pacif-
ic exposition, when Iowa made such
wonderful showing In liya stock. the
South American cattle men have been
interested in Iowa as the best field in
the United States for buying cattle
with which to raise the standard Of
their herds.
Jurgen Thede and his son william
OF nerth Of Holstein had two loads Of
big cattle one car of which topped
Mondays market In Chicago. The load
OF two year old steers sold for 312.35
at an average Of LOO pounds and the
load Of three year old steers, averaged
right around 1000 pounds each.
brought 1895. This shipment Is the
fourth that the Thedes have marketed
this season, and comprises the choice
tops Of all their cattle. They were one
of the best punches Of cattle ever
shipped from Ida county and the high
price Is a fitting recognition OF their
ability to feed cattle. & Z
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