The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-10-10
FIRST SALE is
HELD BY union
BIG TYPE men
Sixty Head of Best Big Type
Poland Chinas Sold-Three
Other Sales.
BY WILLIAM r. sANBoRN.

BY WILLIAM r. SANBORN.
The Union County Big Type Breed
ers' Association Is to be congratulated
on the fine showing made at their first
annual sale, held at the A. P. Greek
farm. on Thursday.
While Big Type Poland China hogs
held the center of the stage, a number
of registered Shorthorn cattle attract
ed lot of attention, and also
brought satisfactory prices.
The Creek farm is located 2k miles
southwest of Kitchell, and miles
from Liberty, and it is safe to say
that every section of the county was
represented at the sale. In spite of the
heavy rain during the morning a large
crowd had arrived by eleven o'clock.
including the wives and children of
many of the members.
Sixty Head on Sale.
Sixty head of Big Type Polands,
owned by various members Of the as
ISOLATION, were catalogued and sold. E.
G. Little, we'll known Shorthorn breed
er, had small offering of registered
stock on the grounds, which was dis
posed of prior to the opening of the
hog sale. These Shorthorns attracted
considerable attention and brought
FCly ldiI pllScS, III dCllFc competition
by Shorthorn fanciers.
The top of the cattle sale was paid
by A. B. Leach, who was awarded a
handsome white heifer at $210. Quincy
Flory was the next highest investor
a COW and calf costing him $167.50
A. H. Morton gave a check for 1925
for a choice heifer, and A. D. johnson
got both cow and calf for $122.50. w
II. Werley selected a roam bull at S110
while a white youngster went to w. P
Kitchell for ST..
What Hogs Brought.
Twenty-six spring and two fall bears
were first put up and Curtis Lafuse bid
up No. so to $50. This pig was farrow.
ed March 1, and brought the high dol
lar in his class. Among the buyers OF
spring boars were H. D. Bardale, $40;
Stanley Bratton, $3.50; C. G. Mitchell,
SIS; also one at $40; Harry Hart,
$7250; w. T. Logue, s72; Duglus NC
Killip, $S5; z. H. Stanley, $40; Charles
D. Johnson, one at $55, another at
$72.50; w. H. Johns, $3.50, and Ever
EFT Stevens, one at $50. Several others
bought boars at prices ranging along
with those quoted.
The female offering included two
tried sows and thirty spring gifts. and
of the latter, numbers 4S and 40
brought the most money.
Jones and Pike, of Centerville, ran
No. 4S up to $137.50, but Frederick
Max went SO higher on No. 40, his
bill being $147.50. Among the buyers
of gifts were Charles Johnson, one at
$3.50, another at SIS, and SOW at
sS5. Spencer Stevens paid $s2 for
his SOW, while L. Breen went as high
o;If np1 q
a liberal buyer, his purchases rang
members of the Lafuse family were
present and each of them went on
record on the sale sheets.
The Sale Nets $4,651.
The auctioneers of the day were:
G. M. Isenhour of Martinsville, Ind.
and Col. D. c. Brookbank, of Liberty.
These gentlemen persuaded the buy
ers to invest $4,S51, which amount
will revert to the various members.
Elmer Rodefer, of Liberty, cashier OF
the sale, figured the average price paid
for hogs at $81, a very fair figure for
the young stock listed.
The members of the Union County
Big Type Breeders association are en-
thusiastic for pure blood stock and
are doing much to improve the strains
of both hogs and cattle. They are
very much gratifed at the results OF
their first sale and expect much bet
ter results and still larger sales in
future. The officers Of the associa
ton are: C. G.. Mitchell. president;
f. C. Little, vice-president, and r. l.
Creek, secretary.
JOSEPH LAMBERSoN SALE
Joseph Lamberson, who has been
farming his 200 acre place for the
past % years, has decided to qui,
the farm" according to his sale bills
and is to move to Straughn. The
Lamberson farm is to be occupied by
Omar Stamp, so soon as Mr.. Lamber
son can give possession.
When a farmer quits" he usually
has a whole lot of "plunder" to dis
pose of, and this was true in this in
stance. Ten head of horses, 40 heat
of cattle. 80 hogs and bunch OF sheer
were included in the offering, anc
there was a raft of harness, tools and
implements disposed Of in addition tc
a lot of surplus furniture. not to be
needed in his town house.
The Henderson farm lies between
Bentonville and Straughn and the fac
that it was a cleanup sale, at which
hay and grain would also be put up
brought out large attendance.
The top on COWS at the Lambertsor
sale was 117.25, and on horses, $170
The sale netted s5,725, as reported
by J. c. Haskell. cashier of the sale
who Is also cashier of the bank a
Spiceland. The ladies of the Straughr
church served lunch to nearly 400 Wis
itors.
JESSE WHINNEY'S SALE
Jesse McWhinney, living one mile
west Of Campbellstown on the VOL
verton pike, recently sold his farm
and in consequence held a clearin.