The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-02-18
MONDAYS SALES.
sy WILLIAM r. sANsoRN.

in Wayne county on Monday: impor
tant first for the amount of money
netted at each sale, and again because
of the various offerings, each sale be
ing noteworthy for some speciality
either In quantity or quality.
Take the Frank NJ. Clevenger. sale
; for example. Mr.. Clevenger offered q
: number OF registered Aberdeen-Angus
cattle and registered Percheron. and
Z Belgian horses. which were duly cata
: logued. At the D. W.-Boyer sale, 1900
bushels of corn was feature. while
! at the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES sale
four cows. selling at from $3.50 down
to $3.50 per head. and others from
: $3.50 down to $75, the lowest, was
. worthy of special remark At the
: Newton Snyder sale the high prices
: paid for horses, on the average, speaks
!. well for the quality of the Offering in
. that line.
r. FRANK N. cLEvENGER SALE.
The Clevenger sale took place on
: the Valley Stock Farm, five miles
/. southeast Of Centerville, on Monday.
) Sixteen head Of registered Aberdeen
: Angus cattle and five registered
: Percheron and Belgian horses went
: over the block. A total Of % cattle
: and IA horses and mules were put up
and all sold at tiptop prices, showing
that Wayne county men have the cash
: to suit the occasion, although there
was competition from quite distant
: Indiana and Ohio towns.
In the implement line the most not
. ed sales were: Corn pillow to Lewis
: Eby, of Connersville, $50; Corn binder
-at $46; grain binder at $51 and a hay
! loader at $40, the latter going to
/. Charles Clevenger. A 4-cylinder De
stroiter car brought $3.50. Five tons Of
baled and 10 tons of hay in the NOV,
: sold at from $3.50 to $21 per ton.
Homer Berry of Kitchel and John
: Wolf cleaned up the lot. All the corn
> sold, 500 bushels, was taken by the
: first highest bidder at $1.60, those hop
ing for second chance at the corn
being disappointed. Walter Clevenger
who farms close by, got the corn.
Prices on Live Stock
. In the horse ring a 2.year-old Bel
sgian filly was captured by Arthur
Smith, after some spirited bidding, at
1886. Clint Beck carried off a pair
sof weanling Belgian colts for $500 and
Mordecai Doddridge bid Percheron
mare up to $257.50. Among the un-
registered horse sales were: A bay
team to A. B. Hylton at 1852, fine
bay to Orville Hoover, Of Centerville.
st $217.50. and 4-year-old team at
1918. And what about these unclassi-
fled cusses-a team of mules sold at
$3.50, after a little excitement in the
sale ring.
J Among the cattle buyers was John
,VanCamp of Newcastle. who bought
a number of black heifer calves at $40
per head for the Boys Cattle club of
his town. Mr.. VanCamp took all in
sight and needs a few more, worth
up to 500 per head, as he stated. joe
!. Jenkins of Walnut Level, paid S160
for his first cow and $12S for the Sec
ond. John Ball. breeder, got his
cow at $145; Charles Kerlin paid
$136.50 for an A-A bull and Joe Sparks
invested SAL in a calf.
A Liberal Choice In Hogs
An offering Of eighty head Of double
immuned hogs gave feeders a chance
for broad selection. There were 81
shotes in the bunch, the top on which
was $20.25 per head and the average
price around SIG. Among the hog
buyers were Rudolph Miller. who took
in three pens of sshotes; Joe Helms,
r. J. Doddridge and John Null. Walter
Burgess, John Dynes and Charles Ker-
/. lin were busy bidders for all kinds Of
live stock.
. The sale totaled $3.50, which was
handled by F. e. McMinn. of the Dick
inson Trust company, as cashier, as
sisted by Frank Kiser as clerk Of the
sale. Col. VIM. Flanagan and Fred
Lake were the officiating auctioneers.
The generous and very enjoyable lunch
was served by the Ladies Aid of bod
bridge chapel.
sIMPsoN-HoDoiN.R SALE
. The combination sale at the Simp-
son farm, South Twenty-third and =
streets, Richmond, on Monday. was
exceptional in having six fresh cows
with calves at side, and for the high
average prices paid for unregistered
live stock of all kinds. OF the no
head offered 67 were feeding shoats;
IL sheep and 10 young Shorthorns.
showing large prepondcrance or
young stuff" not supposed to sell for
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