The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-22
CAAR PAYS $3.50
FOR DuROC Gilt;
SALE NETS S5,405
Wilcoxen Auction Brings
Buyers From Many Indiana
and Ohio Points.
BY WILLIAM r. SANBoRN

When Will Lewis, Williamsburg
banker and cashier of the William Will
coxen Duroc sale, Thursday, totaled
the sales sheets he discovered that
forty-two head of registered hogs had
petted $5,405.00. While the Wilcoxen
sale was by no means a record break
er, Colonel A. H. Harris of Indianapo-
lis, auctioneer in chief, agreed that it
was pretty good SALE"
The large tent was comfortably I'LL.
ed with an enthusiastic crowd Of Dur
oc fanciers and many women and
children were present. The sale be-
gan at lis and lasted until $3.50.
This quick clearance, was due to the
fact that the hogs were bought by
we'll posted breeders, men who knew
why they we're there, and, from a
study of the catalog, just what they
wished to buy
The Wilcoxen farm which lies 2h
miles northwest Of Webster, Is becom-
ing pretty well known, because of its
annual Doroc sales, but this Is the
first time that summer sale has been
attempted, nor was the Offering as
large as at many of his ANNALS"
1t Is expected that these sales will
be held twice yearly from now on.
Glenn Gaar Pays S35O
The high dollar for the pick of the
herd was paid by Glenn Gaar, of Rich
mond, who has been picking up few
fancy Durocs. His choice, yearling,
gilt, cost him $3.50, and was the Sc
cond on offer, though numbered Is in
the catalog. The first animal to show
in the ring, No. 10, in the catalog, was
started at $40 and was awarded to
u 80 7 t,,,o of
This gilt was also farrowed August
%. 1918. These two sales were the
highwater marks of the bidding.
The second Richmond man at the
sale to wade in and get his feet wet
was Otto Wettig, to whom will Lewis
presented a bill for $3.50, for his three
selections. The first of the three. Lady
Orion, dates from March, 1913, and
sold for $120. His next purchase, a
spring yearling SOW, cost him $140,
while the third, a promising fall gelt,
was bid up to 1920.
Number 81 in the catalog was the
eighth to show in the ring. This 1918
September gilt also comes to Rich
mond, having caught Glenn Gaar's
fancy for $3.50.
The offering consisted principally Of
young stock, but there were five sows
which had paid their way, for which no
such claim could be made. The most
mature dated from March 5th, 1913
end sold for 1920. The next in age
was narrowed in March. 1914 and
brought but SIS. Third in this list,
Miss Friend W.. dating back to Feb.
1uary, 1915, sold at 500, while Orion
Nena, September, 1915, brought but
$50. Karkener & Son, of Centerville.
paid $3.50 for Lady Cherry Orion, Of
spring vintage in 1915.
But, as the auctioneer remarked, age
is not always bar to high prices in
hog rings. According to Mr.. Morris,
Joe Orion, great granddad to some Of
the offerings, brought $4,000 when in
his tenth year.
Many Buyers Present.
There was a fair sprinkling of buy
ers present from distant Ohio and
Indiana towns, and the offering will be
quite widely scattered. Harden &
Son, Of Decatur, Indiana; A. l..
Schultz, of Oxford, Ohio; c. E. Dulin.
OF Whitestown, Ind. and c. F.
Sprague, of Lima, Ohio, were among
the most persistent bidders and
largest buyers as to numbers secured.
J. O. BARLEY, a Duroc breeder Of
Swift City, Ind, also had quite ship
ment made up when the sale closed.
A. F. Frazer, OF Lynn, also left a
liberal check for his purchases before
leaving the grounds.
No outside prices we're paid for the
few young males which went under
the hammer. Bruce Pullen, of Liber-
ty, paid sos for his choice in this
class, while a resident Of Farmland
went as high as $120 for his boar from
the same litter, farrowed in August,
1918 The two gifts selling at $500
and at $3.50, were part of the same
brood.
Col. Tom Commit and Simon Wed.
die, of Richmond, and Glenn Conoway,
of Mooreland, assisted Mr.. Morris in
the auction ring and quite a number
Of Richmond men were present at the
sale, not all of them to purchase, but
as spectators at the ringside. in this
contest for fullblood Durocs, Of we'll
known strain, the Orion family.