Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-03-15
From the Rural Precin1ts

peated his conduct at the Bastian sale
by buying a fine yearling colt and a
dandy two-year-old animal. Mr. Burke
may have in mind the possibility OF a
sharp advance in the price of horses
in the next few years and is getting
ready to reap the benefit. This shows
what YOU call sagacity or iongheaded-
ness on his part. Nj. Chas GIidden
sold the offerings a this sale and is
authority for the statement that
horses are already becoming scarce
over the country and he predicts fu-
ture high prices in The horse market.
Looks plausible. folks If we had
pasture. barns. and cash, we believe
wei load UP ONE anyway in spite OF
Mr.. George SchIosasTs sugar beet
talks and Mr. John Coaleys sheep
business, or even the nigh price Of
spnds and navy beans.
Mr. Glen Croft. Edward Smith and
Geo. Kendall sold horses not included
in Mr.. Lewis properly.
Cows and hogs sold veil. Mesgrs.
Leight Git properly spelled and Cos
grove, the hnsthBg buyers Of Henry,
we're present and stirred up things
with these animals.
Not a bad idea To have I'm of
these gentlemen around when you
have a sale.
Mr.. Josf:ua Purcell, who, with his
estimable wife, is starting out to farm
on his w hook this year. purchased
al the offered chickens, 115 Of them.
Joshua seems 10 be a believer in the
fact that poultry make a paying in
yestment as a side line on the farm
No doubt true, but yet IL requires no
small amount Of knowledge, care and
10 on To really pay and succeed.
We believe the fine timothy hay sold
for between So and SO. The potatoes
went for 81 q bughel, the Minnesota
No. IL seed corn for So z he,l.ssbtei
At the sale a harrow cart sold for
five cents. One of the snaps of the
sale was a good looking tworow cul-
tiyator. new last summer, which sold
for $40 1--WE b~elieyey, bought by Mr..
August Jaehn.
Mr. Giidden does not allow any dry
delays at a sale where he operates.
Mr.. Fl. y. Rice has added several
well biooded Hereford cattle to his
SAE'o 1IAEIfIt1 I'LL IlSE uDW UdS
quite Il bunch OF cattle on HIS place,
Messrs. y. Il. Oleson and son. Oscar,
assisted Mr.. Rice's foreman. Mr.. West,
10 drive them TO the place Saturday.
AT the Bert Lewis sale we shook
hands with MesarH. Guy and John Nc.
Fefraii, Perry Burk, Ed. Selects. Chas
wellington, ct al. Mr.. Wellington
has Just returned from the scenes OF
HIS boyhood home in New York state
and reports Il very pleasant winter.
outside Of the regretted death Of 4
brother.
The arst of the week we called at
the Nv. Broderman farm home. Upon
arriving we came upon Mr.. III. Falyey
and an assistant taking wheat from
MI. Hroderman's bin, but as viii was
Az home we DID not notify u
The little lady Of this home has been
quite aickiy of late. We trust she
Will soon be herself again.
ETToute to tho above place we
passed the new home OF Mr.. and Mrs.
1shas, Glidden--would have stopped.
but were not certain that Ghas was
present so did not do 40. We are free
w state that these worthy folk have d
nice home and MI and when painted
Will be no small improvement IN
the community. Mrs. Gliddan Is the
chicken boss on this little ranch and
her fancy is THE Brown Ixsghorn. She
EiirAly markets some dandy. large
white eggs AT the store from her fi0ck
Limit week We ware HE rarainf
Al 4 letter from Mr. III Ives, now 81
Hf2md0viitd, No. He writes On Soma
sSsS*StlY headed Atatt0negy and IN.