The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-02-04
BY WILLIAM r. sANsoRN.

BY WILLIAM r. SAN6ORN.
Readers of our farm sale calendar
will observe that farm sale epidemic
has now broken out among farmers IN
Ohio. It ragged pretty badly in Wayne
and adjoining counties recently. but
the fever is slowly abating in Indiana
now. True, few important farm
sales are to be added to the sale cal
endar for some important Indianans
within q few days, but the crest of the
wave has passed, so far as the imme-
date neighborhood of Richmond Is
concerned.
A word to the wise is a volume OF
common sense. Get yours in plenty.
while the getting is good, near home;
for the spring cometh when no farmer
will have time to attend sales. Nor
will there be many sales to- attend.
thus permitting broad choice. Feb
ruary is the month Of opportunity.
Three Sales on Monday.
Three important farm sales are to
be chronicled today each occurring
on Monday. These are the S. w. and
Roy Roberts sales, those Of father
and son on adjoining land; and that
Of F. II. Pickens, the later on the H.
C Brawley farm. on the New Madi-
son and New Paris road, about one
mile southwest of Braffettsville. The
Roberts sales were held eight miles
northeast of Richmond, on what is
known as tho Robert Pentland place.
short distance east of Pleasant Hill
church,
After attempting to count or esti-
mate the number of farmers present
at each sale, the writer gave it up.
There were SO many rigs and cars in
sight that we concluded that all the
farm homes over a wide territory
were closed for the day.
Practically q Combination Sale.
Although the Roberts farm sale was
held at two different residences, all
items offered were included in Ione
sale bill. Separate accounts of offer
ings and prices when totaled showed
that $4,000 was garnered at one resi-.
dence and about $1,000 at the other.
or, in round numbers at least $1,000.
This ranks the Roberts family sale
among the big ones. A cleanup was
made at the first home before the
crowd adjourned up the hill to lunch.
which was bountifully served by the
ladies OF the Do Your Bit Club, now
becoming famous for serving good
tuIukS u eat az Bales Ill tIclT HOIuc
neighborhood. Miss Grace 'Hadley, the
Wayne county instructor in household
economics, was a visitor and assisted
the club during the rush.
Live Stock Prices.
There were 1913 head of hogs on
sale, ranging from brood sows, of
which there were 80, down to wean-
ling pigs. Will Reinheimer paid $50
oac for fhroo nrrCc cpwc tho oh Oicc
of a pen Of Ave, and Andrew Benson
got the remaining two at $45 per head.
The next pen Of six sows sold at an
pigs weighing from 40 to COLDS. and
from so to 10O-lbs., divided into classes
which sold to numerous buyers at
varying figures; one man paying $3.50
for a pen Of ten little fellows.
The offerings of sheep were not
large, only SO head. 1t was just as
well, perhaps, as sheep fanciers
seemed scarce at this sale, which isn't
always the case by any. means. One
bunch of rs head brought $3.50 from
one buyer. another paid $s5 for head.
When the cattle were brought into
the ring. buyers got busy at each
farm. Orville Fudge, of Campbells-
town, paid s103 for his first choice
COW and $50 for the second. Ray Bar
ton bought several calves and a COW
or two. Joe Madden paid $50 for three
feeders, and neighbor got two heif-
ers at SAL each. Abe Martin got a
cow at $4S, while Fred Whites COW
cost him an even $50. Forty-one
head of cattle Of all ages went under
the hammer. Dave Dixon paid $50
for a two-year old shorthorn bull
One fine span of four-year-old mules
caused little excitement and a lot
Of bidding. They sold at $545. and a