Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1914 — Bussell Van Hook Buys Belgian Mare for $1,250. [ARTICLE]

Bussell Van Hook Buys Belgian Mare for $1,250.

Messrs. J. Crouch & Son, of Lafayette, have sold and delivered to Bussell Van Hook the imported Belgian mare, Alice, 3587, consideration $1,250. While the purchase of mares of this value is not unattended by considerable risk, still men of experience and upon small places who have time to properly look after them, the risks of such ownership is reduced to the minimum. There are now qtiite a number of these fine Belgian mares here The Barkleys, Garland Grant and John Lewis each have several.