The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-02-05
HIGH PRICES PAID FOR DuROC
HOGS AT OHIO FARM SALE

I. ey WILLIAM r. eANeoRN
|: The Duroc-Jersey hog Il . native
American. AS q patriot the Duroc con-
tributed nobly toward winning the
war. He IL very highly esteemed BY
many breeders: also by others who
turned over.
Time was when q hog was . hog
and nothing more. Today there IL Q
registered porcine aristocracy. not
merely In the Duroo family but In sew
eral others. as every breeder II aware.
It frequently adds dollar or two Q
pound to an ordinary looking pigs
value. simply to have q name and q
number in some herd book or register.
telling of his or her famous ancestors.
ating back five or ten, generations.
The man who said "blood will tell
might we'll have referred to hogs.
cattle and horses, also chickens.
Speaking Of chickens reminds us of a
flock owned by an eminent Kansas
City man. who advertised that he had
refused $1,000 for certain white hen
which had been shown two seasons.
That bird and flock were guarded
night and day and setting Of "her''
eggs sold for 500, according to the
catalog.
= And such is life in the poultry and
live stock business, when dealing
with pure bloods". whose names are
duly recorded in the official register.
It will probably be cold and windy
day when any of us ever offer $4,000
for hen. but as to hogs; well. that
Is a different matter. Many man
has paid SO per pound and up for
young hogs and thanked fortune for
the opportunity to buy so cheaply.
Ouroes at Rlchard.0Iunt Sale.
Ninety-two head OF Duroc-Jerseys
we're sold at the Ivan Richard and j.
g. Glunt dissolution of partnership
Gale, on the old Dan Miller farm, on
Tuesday. They were pretty smooth
bunch, consisting of 13 sows; 81 gifts;
80 shotes. weighing from so to 80
pounds and head Of feeders weighing
$50 pounds each.
The hogs were the attraction at this
big sale. In order to keep every hog
man on the ground until the last min
Lutte everything on offer was first dis
posed of. Then the entire crowd
moved over to the pens, where the
red beauties rested knee deep in
clean straw TO be admired.
Had this been breeders sale and all
the sows and gifts registered, no tell
ing how many thousands of dollars
would have been taken in at the box
Office. But rated only as a plain, ev-
eryday Duroc sale it still qualities as
a financial success. because the men
who took these hogs home left $3,091.-
o with the settling clerk as an evil
,dence of good faith. When 1t Is con-
.sidered that the bulk of the offering
was of young, lightweight animals the
price to the sellers must have proven
satisfactory. The top price for sows
was SIS, at which two were sold.
!. The entire sale netted $6,174.95, the
hogs alone bringing in fifty per cent
OF the money.
Among the hog buyers were D. r.
Funk Of Richmond, who paid $473 for
his selection; W.. H. Harter OF New
Madison, O.. gave his check for $372-
80 in settlement for his Durocs; Glenn
Crawford paid 500 for two sows; G..
sBussard bid $53 each on his purchases
and Roland Halderman paid $40 per
head for three sows. The bidding was
lively from the 'go," and it took but
little time to close out the lot. This
was an ordinary sale or Durocs, regard
less of our talk upon registered stock
for purely breeding purposes.
Cattle, Horses and Sheep.
Thirty-fOur head of cattle were sold,
mostly Shorthorns, though there were
three Jersey and one Hereford cow in
the bunch. Edward Daugherty bought
five cows, paying from $S1 per head
down. c. A. Baker bought cow and
two little calves for Sill; Charles
Drills cow cost him $92, while Ora ].
iOler got his for just a dollar less.
Charles Rogers, of Greenville. was
a liberal buyer OF live stock. He paid
$3.50 for pair Of young mares, after
some spirited bidding on each animal.
e. r. Clark got one yearling mule at
sos, while Verling Reid pair $162 for
q span of them. Six sheep were sold
to Ira Poppaw for sos, and five eve
lambs to M. j. Wiley at $40 per head.
The top on sheep was $3.50.