Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 200, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1911 — More Jasper County Fancy Cattle Top Chicago Market. [ARTICLE]

More Jasper County Fancy Cattle Top Chicago Market.

A number of Rensselaer people saw sixty head of fat cattle as they were driven through the city Tuesday to be loaded for shipment to Chicago. They were greatly admired and commented on by people in general, and stock feeders in particular, and it was predicted that they would bring the top market price when sold. They were the property of Frank Hill and were fed in Jordan township. Wednesday the cattle were sold by the Ward Commission Co., for which W. A. Burns, a former' Rensselaer boy, has worked for some years. The cattle averaged 1,510 pounds and brought $7.95 per hundredweight, that being the highest price paid this year for Indiana cattle and the best price paid for any cattle on the market that day. A short letter from Mr. Burns says: “This was a mighty fine bunch of cattle and Mr. HilL deserves pinch praise for the way he has handled them and, in helping to make Rensselaer one of Indiana’s best feeding points.” Mr. Burns also briefly mentions the Moody and Parkison cattle, which brought fine prices recently and which were handled through his firm.