The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-02-07
LIVELY BIDDING FOR STOCK At TWO
NEARBY FARM SALES THURSDAY

that $2O Is tor the TWO sl0es OF Dut
one horse and pair Of horses have
four sides. when in normal health.
So the $50 means $40. Well after
you have bought the "sides" you have
merely started. you haven't any more
harness than rabbit has wings. You
are short breast straps. choke straps,
brides. collars. lines, spreaders. and
heaven knows what else. Beware. or
you will have to bid in the buckles
as a separate sale. That kind of
selling yesterday caused a guileless
noncombatant to pay about 500 for
a nifty double team outfit: that Is.
II he were lucky enough to have
scooped the whole shebang as top
bidder.
II 10 Different With Cows.
But you can safely bid a lump sum
on a COW. for you get the entire cow,
without frills or trimmings. Same Is
true Of hogs and cattle and horses, but
not OF wagons. True you get all four
wheels, but the bed" and hay frames,
ct cetera, you buy by the pound or
yard or cubic measurement; at any
rate you pay extra for them.
Now Lawrence Thurman, Of Rich
mond, knew that he was getting the
whole COW. from tip to tip. when he
paid $3.50 for registered Holstein at
this sale. He played safe and so Sc
cured COW which might readily have
brought $500 at an exclusive Holstein
breeders sale on a sunny spring day,
with grass in sight This A. r. C.
Holstein takes life easy and yet pro-
duces about II lbs. of butter per week,
so tbs stated.
Among the rs head Of cattle put up
at this sale were fifteen fine mixers.
Tom Ryan picked Shorthorn with
calf at side and she sost him $3.50.
Leo Polly, Of williamsburg, bought s.
Gallon red COW for $1O1, while another
5-gallon spotted COW, sold at 1921.
Cows sold briskly, the first on offer
bringing $3.50. and the first eight net.
ting $1.085.50. Fred Bullerdick got
one of the eight at $121, the calf do
mated.
Two High Priced Horses.
AS proof that horses are still in fash
ion, Guy FELTON,, who lives near Camp.
check for $685., in payment for team
OF matched dark bay six-year-old
mares. weighing 1920 pounds.
OF the 4S hogs sold six were brood
sovs and one Big Type Poland China
boar. The balance were feeders,
weighing up to 10 lbs. Jerome Shur-
ley landed one SOW costing him $685.
The top on sows was $57.
Some mighty good, almost new
farm machinery was sold at first class
prices. A new Idea Spreader was
bought by C. F. bowman. an Ohioan.
at 1892. George Howith paid 500
for disc" while heavy wagon
was bid in by ]. Ring.in at $135.50.
complete. A Superior force feed seed
err sold for $125.
Frank Huffman paid $1.64 for 200
bushels Of corn; the balance Of the
crib, 800 bushels sold to George How
it'll at $1.6O. A select lot of $50 bush
els in Mr.. Raper's crib went at $1.62k.
Ray Swisher paid $2O.25 for six tons
of timothy.
Bidding was lively during the entire
sale, the auctioneers working in relays.
When the books were balanced there
was credit on the right side of the
ledger amounting to $3.50, with ev-
erything sold. Even the lunch was all
gone, but the ladies of the English
Lutheran church of Richmond, who so
generously provided 1t, had not count.
ed up their money when the writer left
for town.
THE RUFUS WILLIAMS SALE.
At the Rufus Williams farm sale,
about two miles east of Economy, Ind,
on Thursday. a Mogul No. 8, 16-h. D.
tractor induced an Ohio man to part