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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1910
Page
3
Practical advice for farmers covers fixing wobbling wheels before road use, storing bean poles, and avoiding careless fixes. Notes on winter stock welfare, feed efficiency, and the shift toward smaller farming with intensive practices. Anecdotes include pigs fed dishwater and cautions against soap suds as hog feed, plus home maintenance tips for thawing pipes and painting wagons.
Janice Fitzpatrick Maving to retire and sell at public auction on a rural Iowa farm location near Rock Valley Doon and Alvord Inwood and Inwood area. Sale begins 10 oclock Thursday Feb 7 featuring 3 horses 9 milch cows 3 yearling steers 6 yearling heifers 6 fall calves plus extensive farm equipment and household goods. Terms cash or approved notes with 8 percent bearing. no removal until terms met. Auctioneers Col. H Splear and clerk M Bunting.
A large sale to start at 10 am on Tuesday Feb 15 1910 at the Geo Fahey farms listing horses cattle farm implements and hay plus corn and livestock. Items include mares geldings colts dairy cattle hogs and draft stock with many farm tools and vehicles. Terms cash under 10 and credit on approved notes with interest. Auctioneer Col H Spleur and clerk J Oesterlgraty.
Will Jensen will hold a public auction at the IN farm 3 miles east of Fairview, northwest of Inwood and near Rock Valley, starting at 1 20 o felock. Items include 8 horses 1 span of mules 2200 pounds 1 gray gelding 14 years 1500 pounds 1 gray mare 12 years 1350 pounds 1 bay gelding 1200 pounds 1 mare 2 years 95 seats colt black cloth homing TLE 4 fresh milk cows coming fresh in March and April pedigreed Durham bull 7 years 6 yearling steers 12 yearling heifers 25 moss 22 brood sows safe in pig Chester White boar 3 fall shoats 1 dozen black Langshan roosters farm machinery lumber wagon bob sheigh hay rack two discs and more.
An auction notice lists farm equipment including corn planter, plows, binders, hay tools, spreader, grinders, engines, separators, harness, and a steel range. Terms mention no reserve sale, free lunch, credit options on larger sums, with sale conducted by Cel Execkton auctioneer and clerk SL Mitchell.
H. H. Hoisington announces a February 22 auction at 10 oclock near Rock Valley and Doon. The sale includes horses cattle farming equipment feed and household goods with terms cash under ten dollars and credit on approved notes at 8 percent.
Sioux Grombles and Rielly sent four car loads of cattle via Rock Valley to Chicago. Mr. Rielly and son Patrick accompanied the shipment, dated Saturday evening. The note also mentions a Basket Social, local visits, and various social items and notes on Basuto sayings and other anecdotes.
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