The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-01-11
FIRST MONDAY WAS
RECORD BREAKING
MULE TRADE DAY
MORE THAN QUARTER MILLION
DOLLARS PAD FOR MULES
AND HORSES YESTERDAY.
BANK CLEARIkGS HALF MILLION
More Than $50 fiead of Mules and
Horses Handled by Stock Yards Be-
ling Shipped Mainly to Southern
Points-Record Prices.

Vo'Ilo-nCSSTu FIiCCS.
An increase in money value of al
most so per cent is shown by the
shipments of mules and horses from
the Columbia Stock yards as a result
Of the First Monday in January trad
ing this year as compared with the
same day last year. Although it was
said by dealers and observers yester-
day that the number of mules on the
streets was smaller than a year ago,
the records of the stock yards show
that ZAP more mules were shipped this
year than from the First Monday
trading in January of last year. About
IS loads or $50 head of horses and
mules were shipped last night and to-
day, while year ago 26 loads or GIT
head were shipped.
Besides the mules and horses ship
ped and handled by the stock yards
other barns and stables of dealers
handled several loads and a large
number of mules were traded and sold
between the farmers and from deal
ers to farmers that did not go through
the stock yards and of which no
record was kept. 1t has been esti-
mated that from 1900 to 1900 head
of horses and mules changed hands
yesterday at the climax of the mule
trading season.
! Not only was the number of mules
handled and traded Monday larger
than year ago. but also the prices
were considerably higher 1t is safe
to estimate the price of the mules for
! shipping at 5000 head, while those
bought and sold for local uses were
but little lower as rule. A year ago
the average price of mules for ship
ment was $175. The value of mules
and horses shipped from yesterdays
sales was not less than $4,000, while
a year ago total of 100000 would
/ have covered the value of shipments
At the safe average estimate Of SITS
a head fully $250,0OO was the total
amount paid out for mules and horses
Monday
! Bank clearings for Monday totaled
1871 900 at the three local banks, and
1T is expected that today's clearings
will exceed that amount, rejecting
the effect of the mule and horse trad,
ing on other lines of business
Both in sales and prices the First
Monday in January was record
breaker, and had it not been for the
unfavorable weather, the days bust
ness would have been phenomenal
Not only was the price for ordinary
mules higher than ever before, but
in many cases the highest prices
ever known were paid.
| Among the fancy priced sales made
was that of a pair of coming four.
year-olds for 500 by John Cant to the
tGxperiment station and of nine other
mules at little less than $500 a head
to the Experiment station. A pair Of
coming three-year- ODDS sold for $675.
Mr.. Judd, of the Nashville, Chatta.
uooga & st. Louis railway agricultural
department paid $3.50 for a pair of
mules and bought II other head of
extra good mules. A number of sales
at $500 a head were reported and
$3.50 was the average price for the
better grades. A running average
of $500 head would not miss the
mark many dollars.
Thirty-five cars shipped from the
stock yards last night were distributed
- follows: IL cars to Alabama
points; 10 cars to Atlanta and other
Georgia points; or cars to other
Southern points and or cars to
Northern points. Most of the ship,
ments were for cotton and sugar plan.
taton purposes, but few of them go
ing to army camps.