The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-09-19
Peland-chIna Hogs Put Up At Aue
tien srina An Average Of over
-Four Hundred Dollars Each

Poland China hogs. at the farm Of
Mr.. T. q. Herlong. In Marion county,
just south 81 Micanopy. Wednesday
marks new era ia the hog raising
industry Of Florida and OF the south.
Win the exception Of seevTal recent
sales IA Mississippi, the HeTlCng sale
Wa the most important sale of hogs
ever held la the sSath No other
sale Of hogs Ia Florida has ever com
pared With Wednesday, sale. when
pure bIocded Poland-Chinas sold 10
the highbEt bidder with an average
of S4O2 q mead FOR sows and gifts,
AID S1sT foT boaTs. The top price
bEOaght b any animal al the sale
vas sll00. This was the winning
bid ~ M4ssrs Newton and Newton
u New albany. Miss. for .Herlong 5
LoRg Jane a SOW faTrowed August
2s 1917 The brood sows ia the sale
brought az average OF S4s1. The to-
tai u the sale was tss4O for twenty
six hOgs.
There we're buyers from Florida,
Georgia anA Mississippi at the sale,
sEd = buyer from North Dakota, who
vas IN TIE state. ana remained for
the sale The attendance was be
tween four ana five hundred persons.
= number q women we're present.
The sale was held In a specially con
structed ana covered ampitheater, in
the center a rhich vas al elevated
exhseition Fihe The bidding vas iivs-
~ and tn cfewd was at ali times n
higa spirits Remarks AID comments
u the aact.shser produced consider
able laughter. from time to time. The
aaotionsere wtfe Col ira Cott.ngham
md sen. szpttss from Jerseyviiie. lii
Cci Cottnghatn Is the leading Pc
lazd-Ch.na aact.oneer = the United
States
The safe had been announced for
cne O'Clock eastsTa time Early IL
me day the 6uTers ald others began
arriving TheY parked their ANTONIO
biiss aEder the trees IL the grove on
Mr HeTiongs farm. and spent the
time before the sale began inspecting
he hcgs Msny GEe animals we're
not pat n toe sale AT ! private sale
iurtDg the mofaing MT. HeTioag SOLO
or Ms soas for $500 to parties
from ohio wHe bought her TO place
ia tksg snow nerd. State agents,
count agents. experiment station
AID University men. representatives
Il I.s leading farm papers Of the
state we're On The ground early. Pic
tuTee q The meas ana OF the crowd
we're taken o. AiT John Sp0ttswood,
stan photographer Of the Jacksonville
Tims,-li Rion.
Al ole - clOck the crowd assembled
at lmpithtater Announcements
concerning the sale were made. aud
brief addresses were made by W A.
MCRae commissioner OF agriculture
q the state Professor R. II. Rolfs.
dean q the Agricultural College of
;hc university % Florida p &. Cham.
nhs ~ ocala. aud a. II simmons OF
Jacksonville. Treasurer Of the State
swine Growers Association
= picnE dinher vas served under
she tfss near the smpitheater. the
visaors helms me guests OF Mr. Her
lone = fie, dinner the crowd Tsas-
tembl ai"snd the asurion ring ana
the begaa
20 ,rovd was eager TO see as
manY 81 the hogs as possible remain
an 3 MA che buyeTs from Missis-
sippl al Oeotsia bid high. however,
ana .ae OF TIE twenty-si1 hogs went
- a. two states There was g
grsal reer fforn the ocala and Ma
rou oaatY ptople when Mr. W. c.
6io0, houEht IN for his farm iust
south ., Ocala three sOws at 800 a
piecs Air Bleed later bought one 9th
~ ST. a soc A number Of buyers
fTom Manor e0ahty and other sec
tiORs went % the sale Tor the purpose
% obta aims hogs Dat The bidding
set too high.
anon tue animals sold vas Feb
ru&ry plg OF one Of MT. HeTlong's
show scws The hos was bid N by
NesE1oE ana Newton. Of New Albany,
aiiss. q, tt0000 Two sows belonging
70 Mr. Zoe Martin. OF Marietta, Ca,
vas sold az $4,000 I piece respective
". Thcse two sows were not a part
q the Herioing sale. however.
The ale vas a personal triumph