The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-03-15
WILKES PLACE
HOG SALE WAS
GREAT SUCCESS
LARGE CROWD NAND SPIRITED
BIDDlNG-BRED SOW AVERAGE
STA ON FARMER STOCK.
gifts FOR RED CROSS silo
Keen G. Son Also Had Splendid Offer
ing Averaging $50 for Bred sows
and Glts-Many Prominent Breed.
ers Attend Sale.

Fine spirit and good bidding pre-
vailed at the consolidated sale of pure
bred Duroc Jersey hogs at Wilkes
Place Saturday from the farms of ]
B. Farmer and Keen & Son near Cul
leoka Bred sows from Mr. Farmers
pens averaged STA and his other
stock averaged $40. All of the Keen
& Son stock, being bred sows and
gifts, averaged $50. All circum
stances taken into consideratin it was
one of the greatest hog sales ever
conducted in Maury county. A. H
Morris, the auctioneer, was not at all
well, but despite his indisposition he
kept the bidding running alone at a
rapid rate and the highest spirit pre-.
vailed throughout the day.
A big feature Of the day was Mr..
Farmers gift of gilt to the Culleoka
Red Cross Auxiliary. the gilt being
put up for sale and knocked off at
$110. The plan of this sale was for
each bidder to pay the amount of his
raise and the final bidder getting the
gilt. The lads of the Red Cross ex.
pressed themselves in the highest
praise of Mr.. Farmer and those who
made bids for their liberality. The
auxiliary also served lunch to the
crowd and Melted the neat sum of
$50.
The OCCASION was also made. an OPP
portunity to present some valuable
war information to the hog raisers of
this section, strong talks being made
by H. A. Morgan, state food admins
traitor and dean of the agricultural de-
partment OF the state university, by
Jim Mckee of Mckee Bros, Versail-
les, KY, one of the most famous
Duroc Jersey breeders in the South,
and by others interested in the in
crease of hogs in Tennessee.
Besides Messrs. Morris, Mckee and
Morgan, other prominent visitors pre-
sent at the, sale were R. eJo, Evans,
Chicago secretary of the Duroc Jer-
sey Breededs association; F. D..
Hengst, Louisville, representing the
Duroc bulletin; Geo. r. Hooks, Mem
phis, representing the Progressive
Farmer; and J. o. Williams repre-
senting the extension department of
Clemson College, South Carolina.
Mr.. Williams was making purchases
of gifts for South Carolina pig clubs.
He made a standing offer of SIS for
every sow pig at weaningfrom the
stock of either J. B. Farmer. Keen
G Son or ]. R. Williamson.
Mr.. Farmer expressed himself this
morning as being highly pleased with
the result of his sale and said that he
expects each year to find the local in
terest as we'll as the interest of breed
ers in other sections increasing in
Maury county Duroc Jersey sales.
The Wilkes Place herd boar, De-
fender D, was the admiration of all
who attended the sale Saturday and
helped to establish the reputation of
]. B. Farmer as a breeder of the fin
est quality of Duroc Jerseys.
Most of the sales Saturday were to
local and state purchasers but large
number went to Alabama and other
states. Fifty-one head were sold from
the two herds.
Many of the purchasers and prom
inent breeders present at Saturdays
sale had remained over from the Old
Homestead sale conducted by j. r.
Williamson Friday. Williamson's sale
as has already been reported, also
was distinct success, his average be-
ing $91 on 81 challenged hogs.
J. B. Farmer refused an offer of
$3.50 for one of his boards Saturday,
which was not catalogued for sale.