The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-10-11
intake
BY PICKERING AT
CLEANUP Event
Implements go at Good Prices
Live Stock Not Overbid,
Due to Markets.
BY WILLIAM r. SANBORN.

One Of the largest general sales of
the present farm sale season, was held
on the S. W. Pickering farm. one mile
west of Straughan, on the traction line
en- Friday. The chickering's have lived
on this farm for fourteen years. and
in the vicinity long enough to have
secured 600 acres Of land. Having
rented the farm to Milton Bridget
they are now to move to Newcastle,
but have retained three rooms in their
old home for summer occupancy.
The chickering's had a thousand
things to sell and being very widely
known, hundreds of their friends were
present. There was ample provision
made to entertain, 500 lunches being
provided. There was raft of imple-
ments and harness enough to stock
& store, besides lot of live stock on
offer, and Sc acres Of corn in the
field.
Erwin Chestnut paid $3.50 per acre
for five acres; R. Z. Henley, $46, for
ten acres; Dave Cope, S41.50 for five
acres; James Thompson, S40.25 for ten
acres, and Rufus Cummins and Milton
Bridget divided &c acres from 500 up
to $4S per acre.
Sale of implements.
In the implement sale some very
good prices were realized, and the
r anne is true as to the best harness:
John Morgan paying $50 for a set of
work harness, Of which there was
several sets, John Higgins $3.50 for a
wagon gear, and the bed brought $23
drill brought $40, Henry Hall paid
$54 for disc. while Milton Bridget
paid $65 for better one. A small
gasoline engine interested Tom Brown
ing to the extent of $50.
A corn planter cost Milton Bridget
s85 and a gang ploy 1874; Oils Stew
ems got both, a gang ploW and roller
for $3S; VIM. Hammond paid $29 for
q corn Cultivator, and another was cap
tured by Henry Hall for s2S, while
Frank Sharp bid in a one horse drill
at $34. one feature of the sale, a
Titan tractor, was reserver at price,
but as it was run up to $G10 by the
new tenant and will remain on the
place, tke sale was made, complete
with plow, too.
In the Horse Rna.
4 fine 4-ycar-o!d draftcr brought the
top dollar in the horse ring, Walter But
l"r paying $3.50. Il. r. Henley invest
GO sos in g six year old: Leslie Hall
got i good 4-yearold at s191 and R. E.
henley got his second choice for
sl5S. Milt Bridget secured three at
S100, S12C, and at $142. No horses sold
under 500. so far as our record
shows.
A,norc the cattle sold were two
COWS, = Shorthorn and d Jersey, each
II which sold for $i31. Reuben Links
f0t Inc SfOrthOrn and Milton Bridget
lie other. The second Jersey was
o',rGoG 20 Forest ROkOut, at a tax
&c $t'1. while q black mother and calf
cot Cl:.sie Haskell sos, who also
Iaji $Jl for Jersey hefer.
Ruins Cummings. a LIBERAL buyer in
fDth the cattle and hog rings, paid
0SS fer the last COW in the sale, a s.
car Old 4 gallon mixer. Walter Ma
lottc and Russell Lamberson spent
considerable money for steers and
feeders.
Hogs at Fair Prices.
Hog buyers are not likely to overbid
at this time, owing to market condi
lions, but the Pickering hogs, over
$50 head, sold at very good prices
compared with the money obtained al
some recent sales.
Sows and gifts ranged at from s52 SO
down, for breeders. There We're a
number of pure bloods in the Duroc
list but none were registered. Al
hogs were double immuned. Among
The buyers of tops were Rufus Cum
mings, Milton Simons, Gle King and
Milton Bridget, and the offering
though mixed, was principally of rec
hogs.
Gilye King paid an average of sex
for a bunch of spring gifts; Miltor
Simons 500 for sows; Rufus Cum
1nings 5000 for sows; and SIS fo1
two Others StOckers and feeders
ranged at from s31 down. according
TO weight. and went in punches tG
various buyers.
Intake Was $1o.5O.
The sale opened at 10 o'clock anC
lasted until $50, being interrupted BY
a heavy downpour from l to 2 o'clock