Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-23
LIVE STOCK SALES
AND FARM CHANGES

spring calves at SCI. William Engle-
hardt was we'll pleased with the out
come Of his sale. The Henry Van Beck
sale, postponed till last Friday. was a
good one, aggregating $500. A large
crowd was present and bidding was
keen. Mr.. Van Beck offered large
number of cattle, and stock now-a-
days run into money. The owner had
cause to be pleased on account Of the
very successful outcome of his sale.
E z. whitehill, a young farmer, of
Mahaska county. has made a record
with his last summer hogs that Will
stand record for some time to come
unless some one boosts the prices
again. Mr.. Whitehill has sold total
Of IA head Of extra good Duroc Jer-
seys to Ben ]. Snyder for shipment at
Ottumwa packing plant of Morreil q
Co. and he received therefor cash in
the sum of 1856 The stock made full
two car loads. They required twenty
four wa CONS to land them at the stock
Yards delivery Mr. Snyder paid in the
neiehborhood OF II cents the pound Tor
most of the lot and some called FOR
that figure The animals averaged 33e
In weight and they brought practically
$40 each. Some hogs, eh. and the rel
Lev that beats Mr. Whitehilrs record
will have to do something worth
while.
Clark Scuffhau1. on the Chester Bail
ey 12o-acre farm, north OF Algona.
took his first lessons in feeding beer
cattle in England. and since coming 10
this country he has fed out several
carloads Of fancy beeves. Last fall ne
and Mr.. Bailey put fifty-seven head OF
steers into the feed lot that were all
high grade feeders. Recently they
shipped thirty six head to Chicago. and
came very near topping the market
ONLY load Of Nebraska steers selling
! for more money on the same day on
: which these steers were sold. Ihe
thirty-six head averaged 1.514 pounds,
! and sold for $12 per hundred weight
/, These cattle were on feed l02 DAYS.
| and made an average gain of lso
pound. each, during that time. One
steer In the lot made q gain OF $50
pounds in the 1o2 days. This steer
weighed 1910 pounds in Chicago one
carload OF these cattle was made up OF
high grade Anguses, and the other load
consisted OF Herefords. They were
bought in South Dakota last fall. and
were what some people call fat cattle
when Mr.. Scuffham started to feed
them. They were perhaps the highest
priced cattle ever shipped out Of Kos
suth county, bringing their owners an
average Of S1S4.s2 each.
! y MNNnff OF
south Of Sheldon, recently shipped
carload Of hogs to the Sioux City mar
ket for which they received $11.60
hundred weight, or a total OF about sz.-
Gee Gee. TIL hats what one might term getting
rich quick, were 1t not for the fact tnat
other items Of cost to get them IN shape
for market are to be considered
| Anyway. there is lot OF money In
raising hogs at this price and the aver
age farmer is well satisfied, excepting
that he himself might be hog enough
to wish that he only had more Of them
to sell.
| The closing out sale OF ]. w. Parrow
near Ainsworth last Wednesday was
another evidence Of the good times the
farmers OF this community are enjoy
ing. Some Of the top prices were:
/ Cow. sss; sow. SIS; shoats, SIS;
team Of and 3-year- olds, 1886; chick
ems, 312.57 per dozen.
1 Tice Koole, Of Sheldon. shipped fifty
hogs the other day to Sioux City. Their
average weight was 347 pounds. and
they brought $3.50 per hundredweiEht
Figure It out and you have an interest
ing story from financial point o.
view, and exceedingly prcdtable fol