The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-02-27
sy WILLIAM r. sANsoRN

0y WILLIAM n. 9AN3OHN
Any plain, everyday farmer. who
can put up 220 head Of surplus live
stock at bis farm sale, is pretty we'll
fixed, don't you think? Well, just
that kind Of q sale was pulled on by
NJ. d. and Irwin Doddridge, father and
son, on Wednesday The Doddridge
farm IL located 3h miles northwest
OF Brownsville. and about q mile east
OF Robinson's chapel. Nineteen head
OF horses. Sc of cattle, $50 Of hogs and
16 of sheep. comprised the listed total.
and every head was sold. Although a
Few farm tools were offered this was
essentially live stock sale. No hay
or grain was put up: they have plenty
OF stock left to eat 1t at home. Ten
bushels Of clover and Of timothy
seed went at good prices. They have
plenty Of good. warm barn room. hog
houses, ETC., on this farm and every
thing sold gave evidence of proper
care and liberal feeding.
Horses Bring Good Prices.
Among the cream of the offerings in
fine young sorrels, for which Bert
Dunlap paid $3.50. Next among the
''toppers' was a pair of black mares
which struck Arnold DaNeY's fancy, at
an expense Of $345. Chauncey Bryan
thought well enough of a handsome
bay mare to buy her at $3.50.
b The offering Of sc head Of cattle, Of
lall ages, provided wide selection. A
choice polled COW brought the highest
price in the COW list, 1856. Several
cows brought from 500 up to $125,
among them number Of good Jerseys
and blacks.
There was considerable competition
for hogs. as is the rule, regardless OF
the price OF corn or Of fluctuations IN
the livestock markets. No exception
ally high prices were paid but every
hog sold brought at least a fair figure.
Maynard Erb got two fine Big Type
Poland sows at $55 each, one at $72,
and two others for 500. Roy Lason
bought eight sows and gifts at from
$39 to $43 per head, and few shotes
at various prices, depending on the
age and weight. Mrs. Kate Davis bid
in pen of eight shotes at $40 per
head. while Joe Helms got 18 at from
1885 to S$16.25 each. Peter Ryan,
Clarence Braddock and Charles Long
had lot of hogs to settle for at the
close Of the sale. Mr.. Ryan bought
one pen OF seven shotes at $500;
Charles Watt got of for less money,
getting eight little ones for total Of
$48. John Null invested in eleven
sows and gifts, paying from $40 up to
$53.25 for choice of various pens. v.
Snodgrass, Will Maize and Charles
Connor were also buyers in the hog
lot.
When the clover seed was Aput up
r. Hamilton got busy. He bid 1t up
to $2S per bushel for recleaned seed
and got FIVE bushels Of the ten sold.
The price dropped down to $24 for
small lots Of the remainder. But a
few implements we're offered, an OIL
yer sulky pillow which went to j. O..
Burris at $3.50 being the highest
priced farm tool sold.
Z Robinson Chapel Represented
Y There were lot Of hungry men at
fhe Doddridge sale and 1t was well
that the Ladies' Aid of Robinson
chapel brought liberal supply Of eat
ables. Service was a-la-cafeteria, you
paid for what you got, instead of buy
ing a meal at a. price. This is the
most profitable way to serve, undoubt-
eddy, and the ladies get more money
for their time and donations. than
when serving a dollar dinner for 20
cents. The chapel ladies present were
Mrs. Ada Weiser, president; Mrs.
Ralph Farr, Mrs. Oliver Fiant, Mrs.
Homer Galloway, Mrs. Lambert Funk.
Mrs. E. J. Wright, Mrs. Paul Wright.
Mrs. Alta McDaniels, Mrs. Rank and
the Misses Bernice and Efe Wright,
just an even dozen in all.
OVER $1,000 TAKEN IN
The Doddridge farm sale not only
ranks among our list of good sales
but also among the largest ones. The
net was $11,146.70, and we have no
doubt that the buyers who contributed
believed their money was well spent.
This means that everyone was salts
fled and that kind Of a sale, large or
small, is the best kind Of sale to
hold and a record to make. Among
the buyers not previously mentioned
may be named: r. T. Kendall, Char
les Redd, James Plankenhorn. T. L.
Wilson, John Relford, Walter Relford,
Carl Carter and T. E. Moffett.
The sale was conducted by Col.
Tom Commit, assisted by VIM. Flan-
nigan, of Connersville, a widely known
auctineer. Joe Burris did the field
work as clerk and Chas. Johnson, OF
Liberty was cashier
n ED JoHNsoN's BIG SALE
The offering at auction of $50 head
of live stock at farm sale is bound
to attract considerable attention, at
least from parties interested in pick
ing up desirable selections to add to
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