Page Six 'v MOWER COUNTY NEWS, AUSTIN, MINN. Thursday, April 20,1922 alter 1 1 LIVE AGRICULTURAL NEWS OF INTEREST AND VALUE TO MOWER CO. FARMERS. II: Crops, Marketing: and Raise More Audi jL^ti Pure Bred Livestock Farm Bureau Notes. LIGHT RUN HELPS CLOVER LEA FARMS MAKES BEST Closing Out Sale! Breed of Lbs. Lbs. Owner of Cow— Cow. Milk. Fat. B'fat. CATTLE MARKET SHOWING IN COW TEST FOR MONTH Brookholm Farm P. B. Hoi. 1404 3.4 47.7 Brookholm Farm P. B. Hoi. 1417 3.1 43.9 I! Having sold the farm and quitting farming, I will sell all my personal property Brookholm Farm P. B. Hoi. 1571 3.5 55 at Public Auction at my farm, 1 mile west of Lansing, Minn., on Brookholm Farm P. B. Hoi. 2691 94.2 3.5 •M Market steady to strong Mon., April 24th Average of 727 Pounds eraged better than twenty-five pounds Brookholm Farm P. B. Hoi. 1039 3.9 40.5 at So. St. Paul Chicago of fat for the month. Milk for Four Hundred Brookholm Farm 1101 P. B. Hoi. 3.7 40.7 The highest producing cow produced Weaker. Tested. Herds Averaging Over 25 Pou nds of Butterfat for the Month. 110,8 pounds of fat and is owned by the Minnesota Holstein Company. COMMENCING AT 11:00 A. M. FREE LUNCH AT NOON Av. Lbs. Av. Lbs. Av. No. of By DON J. SLATER. SELECT LIST INCLUDES Clover Lea Farms has the largest Owner of Herd—• Milk. Fat. Test. Cows. 7 HEAD OF HORSES—1 Black Mare, 9 years old, weight 1500 lbs. 1 Black 'Ti,today's" Closing— Mare, 9 years old, weight 1450 lbs. 1 Black Mare, 6 years old, weight number of cows on test and heads the Clover Lea Farms .. 1302 47.8 3.68 27 22 HERDS 1400 lbs. 1 Black Mare, 12 years old, weight 1400 lbs. 1 Grey Mare, Cattle 1,500. Market steady to list for herd average with tw'entyseven Brookholm Farms .. 1184 42.2 3.59 14 6 years old, weight 1400 lbs. 1 Bay Mare, 3 years old, weight liOO lbs. :rong\ Calves 2,000. Mostly cows averaging 47.8 pounds of H. B. Hillier 762 40.1 5.26 24 1 Black Gelding, 3 years old, weight 1000 lbs. teady, some of the best lights Leading Cow Produces 110.8 Pounds fat per cow for the month. Minnesota Holstein Co. 1030 39.0 3.98 18 around 25c higher. Top $7, bulk 6 HEAD OF CATTLE—Consisting of 3 Milk Cows, 2 Two-Year-Old Steers Butterfat—Ninety-four Over ^3.00 to $6.50. Hogs 5,000. Averaging A new herd of Jerseys owned by J. R. Woods 718 86.5 50.8 1 Roan Shorthorn Bull (Registered). 9 10 to 15c higher, .range 40 Pound Mark. 906 James Plum appears on the list with Gleason & Oddcn 33.2 3.66 15 39 HEAD OF DUROC-JERSEYS HOGS—10 Sows, due to farrow in May 1$8.75 to $10.30, with bulk better and June 3 Sows, with litters at side 25 Feeding Pigs 1 Pure-bred a very creditable showing, quite a L. B. Hanna 652 32.6 4.99 14 grades $10.00 to $10.25, good pigs Duroc-Jersey Boar. The report for the Cow Testing Association number of new herds appear in the S. M. Starks 914 '32.5 3.56 15 early up to $10.75. Sheep 100, 60 CHICKENS AND 4 GEESE. by Wm. Knuth, the tester, steady to strong*. twenty-five pound or over average James Plum 673 32.2 4.89 7 500 BUSHELS OF OATS. shows that very good results are being list, making a total of twenty-two as Banfield & Bragg .. 593 31.6 5.33 16 South St. Paul, April 18.—Light obtained by members in the association. SOME CORN AND HAY. compared with sixteen last month, Dvorak & Banfield 617 31 5.02 21 runs of cattle here and elsewhere on while there are ninety-four cows in Halvorson Bros 858 30.6 3.57 20 MACHINERY, ETC.—1 McCormick Binder, 8 foot, with trucks, nearly new Monday boosted cattle prices mostly 1 Kentucky Drill, 16 disc, nearly new 1 McCormick Mower, 5 foot, nearly This month's report shows that the forty pound list as compared with Enoch Bulson 790 30.1 3.85 12 new 1 Johnson & Smith Drag, 5 section 1 Emerson Manure Spreader 25c, and under continued light receipts ninety-four cows each produced over sixty last month. H. W. Heimer 844 29.9 3.56 13 1 I.H.C. Cultivator, 6 shovel 1 Disc, 9 foot 1 Emerson Sulky Plow, the local market held steady to forty pounds of fat for the month The tester reports that five unprofitable J. C. Schottler 874 28.8 3.30 20 16 inch 1 John Deere Walking Plow, 14 inch 1 Emerson Drag Cart strong today, altho the Chicago market while the whole 424 cows tested averaged cows were sold during the Otto Goetsch 630 28.2 4.48 12 was weak to 25c lower yesterday 727 pounds of milk with 29.1 month and that two pure bred sires J. B. Vermilyea 714 27.8 3.85 7 ander heavier receipts. pounds of fat. Twenty-two herds av­ were purchased to head herds. A. P. Mackie 717 26.6 3.70 7 Deere Spring Tooth Harrow, 3 section 3 sets Good Heavy Work Harness A few small lots of choice beef Frank Hacmac 735 26.5 3.61 10 1 John Deere Gang Plow, 14 inch 1 Single Harness A number of Breed of Lbs. Lbs. steers on the yearling order sold Monday Henry M. Walters 581 26.1 of Good Collars The above Machinery and Harness is all as good as 5.03 7 Owner of Cow— Cow. Milk. Fat. B'fat. new. from $8.25 to $8.75, with best in Evergreen Farm .. 777 25.9 3.33 20 Evergreen Farm H. G. Hoi. 1404 3.9 55 .today's trade being a part load at $8. HOUSEHOLD GOODS—A full and complete line of Household and Kitchen Enright Bros 539 25.4 4.75 8 Evergreen Farm 49.3 1559 3.1 Furniture, including Good Range, and Hard Coal Burner. Come if you •Other load lots of beef steers of a want some good Furniture. Evergreen Farm 47.9 1451 3.3 good grade sold at $7.50 to $7.75, with Interesting store news will be Evergreen Farm 55 fj ONE 1917 7-PASSENGER CADILLAC CAR, IN FINE SHAPE. 1621 3.4 found on every page of The News in bulk of the beef steers at $6.50 to Mr. Fep L. B. Hanna 4.8 51.8 this issue. Shop hnre first. 1234 |TERMS—All sums of $10.00, and under, cash On sums over that amount a ^S7.25, commonest kinds as low as $6. credit of 8 months' time will be given on approved notes bearing 8 per L. B. Hanna 809 5 40.5 Fattest butcher cows and heifers of cent interest from date of sale. L. B. Hanna 763 6.3 48 AUSTIN MARKETS light and handyweights sold from T. L. THOMPSON, Owner L. B. Hanna 958 4.2 40.2 $6J?5 to $7.50, with the bulk at $4.25 J. C. Shottler 1079 3.8 41 COL. ALBERT HOPFE, Auctioneer LANSING STATE BANK, Clerk Quoted by Peoples Service Store— to $6.25. Canners and cutters sold Enoch Bulson 843 5.3 44.7 Dairy Butter 32 Jargely from $2.75 to $3.75, with a Eggs 21 Henry M. Walters P. B. Guer. 908 4.4 40.1 faw old shells at $2.50 or less. Potatoes, per bu $1.20 Bud Bright's Brainstorms A. T. Root 947 43.7 4.6 Beans 9 Bologna bulls brought largely $3.50 J. B. Vermilyea 853 5.8 49.5 Flour—retail, 49 lb. sack..$1.75-$2.25 to £4.00, a few lightweights or extremely J. B. Vermilyea 1209 3.5 42.3 POULTRY thin ones down to $3.25. Lewis Larson 1131 41.9 3.7 And we don't sell them. Quoted by Smith-Wright Co.— A few of ihc best light veal calves S. M. Starks 1339 3.4 45.5 Heavy Hens 16 brought $6.75 to $7.00, with bulk at CONFIDENCE S. M. Starks 1293 4.0 51.7 Light Hens 12 to $6.50. Seconds and culls sold Geese 12 S. M. Starks 1001 40 4 from $3.00 to $4.50. Roosters 15 S. M. Starks 1411 3.4 48.0 Stockers and feeders sold within a Leghorn Roosters 12 Otto Goetsch 1017 4.5 45.8 is the greatest asset any Eggs 21 price range of $4.25 to $7.00, ^with the Otto Goetsch ... 1054 4.0 42.2 Ducks 16 business house can have today. bulk at $5.50 to $6.50. H. B. Hillier Turkeys 25 763 5.3 40.4 You can pin your faith With a fairly active shipping def-nand H. B. Hillier 998 4.9 48.9 HOG MARKET. to our today, the hog market averaged H. B. Hillier 853 6 51.2 Medium and Butchers $9.75 HARNESS &i) to 15c higher. Bulk of better Packers $8.75 H. B. Hillier 775 6 46.5 grades sold from $10.00 to $10.25, top Veal, Sheep and Lambs H. B. Hillier 961 5.7 54.8 $1(K30, packing sows mostly $8.75 to Fat lambs $8.00 to 11.00 H. B. Hillier 1150 4.9 56.4 $9.00, good pigs early $10.75. Collars, Veal $3.50 to $6.00 H.'B. Hillier 1215 5.4 65.6 Sheep runs continue extremely Sheep $3.50 to $6.50 H. B. Hillier 887 5 44.4 but prices are quotable a little Cattle Collar Pads, Tugs, H. B. Hillier 1231 4.8 59.1 Fat Steers $5.00 to $6.00 iif^wer than at the high time in line H. B. Hillier 1231 4.8 59.1 Cows and Heifers $3.00 to $5.00 udth discounts that have been made Lines, Halters ftxv\YVN&r& ^oV\sV\ 66.6 H. B. Hillier 1305 5.1 Bulls $3.00 to $3.50 at other markets. Yft&Wes Canners and cutters $1.50 to $2.00 H. B. Hillier 1008 5.0 50.4 Frank Hacmac 1137 3.7 42.1 sWme. Original Meaning of "Dunce." H. B. Hillier 884 5.2 46 stupid person Is called a "dunce" W. R. EARL J. R. Woods 6.0 Jensen-Phiffer 906 54.1 Where we shine is in our stock of tec a most peculiar reason. "Dunce" FLOUR 1105 5.8 64.1 FUNERAL DIRECTOR comes from "duns," the name of one J. R. Woods 840 4.8 40 Company ffions Scotus, one of the greatest doctors Business Residence G. A. Dutcher 1209 4.4 53.2 of the ancient church and of the Phone 2512 Phone 2213 FEED FOR ANIMALS G. A. Dutcher 834 4.9 40.9 iTraaclscan order, a man known for AUSTIN, MINN. Some felloWM are to patriotic G. A. Dutcher 949 4.3 40.8 Jtla keenness and sharp wit. they won't wear HAY, STRAW, MILL FEED East of Court House Back In the Middle ages theologians Dvorak & Banfield 775 5.3 41.1 Poultry Supplies anything bat a union suiL Austin, Minn. who had received their education In .T. Dvorak & Banfield 840 A 5.4 45.4 DONOVAN & GOSLEE the cathedral schools founded by Charlemagne Dvorak & Banfield 1098 *3.8 44.7 FULL 'O PEP and his successors, were revered Funeral Directors Gleason & Odden 1429 3.8 56.2 for their learning. Later the and Embalmers POULTRY FEEDS Gleason & Odden P. B. Hoi. 1249 3.8 47.5 .writings of these "schoolmen" formerly FERTILIZERS Day Calls—Phone 2188 Gleason & Odden 1122 3.6 40.4 regarded as authoritative, fell into Night Calls Gleason & Odden 1559 4.1 63.9 disfavor, mainly because the form in T. W. Donovan—5914 Overland»always a good investment, now the greatest which their thoughts were expressed Clover Lea 1386 3.7 51.3 Beekeepers' Supplies H. A. Goslee—6637 automobile value in America twas unattractive. Clover Lea 1327 3.4 45.1 Motor and Carriage Service Adherents of the teachings of the Clover Lea 2018 4.4 88.2 HARE & GOSS 4 •"schoolmen," particularly of Duns Clover Lea 1194" 3.6 43.3 A Scotus, one of the leaders, were often HOMMEL ELECTRIC Clover Lea P. B. Hoi. 1434 3.4 48.8 FEED & SEED STORE scornfully told, "O, you are a Duns!" Clover Lea 1113 3.8 42.3 CO. when In arguing a point they quoted Clover Lea 2629 4.0 105.4 from the "schoolmen." This is how 203 NORTH MAIN STREET Clover Lea 1683 3.1 53.3 It happens that "dunce" means dullness. Austin, Minn. for Expert Electrician Clover Lea 2548 2.9 73.9 DIAL 2 6 7 9 Clover Lea 2781 3.9 106.3 Making a Wife Useful. Clover Lea P. B. Hoi. 2101 4.4 93.9 The wife of the great botanist Clover Lea P. B. Hoi. 1417 3.5 49.4 'beamed at him across the supper table. James Plum 893 4.8 42.9 "But these," she exclaimed, point' James Plum 760 5.3 40.3 tog to the dish of mushrooms that had Minnesota Holstein Co. P. B. Hoi. 1758 3.9 68.6 )»eea set before her, "are not all for Minnesota Holstein Co. 1497 3.6 53.9 -ate, Aristotle, are they?" Minnesota Holstein Co. 1981 4.0 79.2 "Yes, Mabel," he nodded. "I gathered Fine Workmanship Minnesota Holstein Co, them especially for you with my 1523 3.91 59.5 Wa hands." Minnesota Holstein Co. 1058 3.88 41.1 She beamed upon him gratefully. Minnesota Holstein Co. P. B. Hoi. 1493 3.51 46.3 isn't confined to highpriced What a dear, unselfish old husband he Minnesota Holstein Co. 2994 3.7 110.8 tqpas! In five minutes she had dejttoilshed Minnesota Holstein Co. P. B. IIol. 1777 4.0' 70.9 the lot. Henry Heimer P. B. Hoi. 1358 3.4 45.2 cars. Look at At breakfast the next morning he Henry Heimer 1420 3.4 48.3 greeted her anxiously. "Sleep all Henry Heimer 1414 3.9 55.2 right?" he inquired. "Splendidly," she smiled. Henry Heimer 1445 3.6 52 "Not sick at all—no pains?" he Henry Heimer 1014 4.4 44.6 'Todays pressed. Halvorson Bros 1308 3.3 43.2 "Why, of course not, Aristotle," she Halvorson Bros 1148 3.7 42.5 responded. Just received another shipment of Halvorson Bros. 1367 3.4 46.5 ^Hurrah, then I" he exclaimed. "I Halvorson Bros 1380 3.1 42.8 bare discovered another species of BATTERIES Halvorson Bros 1417 2.9 44.1 mushroom that Isn't poisonous." Halvorson Bros 1271 3.2 40.7 £*550 ...... Banfield & Bragg 853 4.9 41.8 Specialized in Sewing. Banfield & Bragg 797 5.4 43.1 Mrs. Lafferty—"Tin stitches did th' f-obfeltd* Banfield & Bragg P. B. Guer. doctor have to take in me ould man 924 5.9 54.5 after the fight wld them policemen P. B. Guer. Banfield & Bragg 846 6 50.6 direct from factory. These batteries Today's Overland—25 miles to the gallon all-steel Saat noight!"• Banfield & Bragg 787 5.4 42.5 body baked enamel finish 130-inch spring base Mrs. O'Hara—"Tin, was It, only tin? Brookholm Farm 1197 3.7 44.3 ...... are GUARANTEED for two years .Sore when th' doctor seen me poor Brookholm Farm 1419 3.4 48.6 fiasban' carried in this mornin', he sez, Touring $550 Roadster $550 Coupe $850 Sedan $895 mz he, 'Do there he no wan here wld f. o. b. Toledo Pur* Water on Ships. sach a t'ing as a sewln' machine?'"— 25 Per Cent Discount Off While By a recent decree of the United Some wit has observed that hens JLondoo Tit-Bits. States public health service, all water should not be in the garden nor the They Last used for cooking or drinking on garden in the hens. But with a fence McGrath Motor Co. A Diplomatic Proposal. steamships, on lakes and rivers and hen high and chicken tight around Ardent Suitor—"I lay my fortune at plying between ports of the United either the flock or the crops the combination your feet." States and adjacent countries must be is excellent, say statios gardeners Fair Lady—"Your fortune! I didn't obtained on shore from a source approved at University Farm. 114-116 N. Main St. Austin, Minn. Picrcc Battery Co. know you had one." by the public health service, Ardent Suitor—"Well, it isn\ much or if not, obtained ashore must be «f a fortune, but it will look large beside Flowers around the yard add greatly treated by a method approved by that those tiny feet."—Edinburgh but put them around, not in the service. Jgcotsman. middle. Open spaces make the lawn look larger. 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