The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1919-09-24
POLICY HOLDS 2
SALES, 10 MILES
APART, same DAY
Hollansburg Farm and One at
Creenville, Scenes of Auc-
ton Tuesday.
BY WILLIAM r. SANRORN.

That a farmer should hold two sales,
on two farms, ten or twelve miles
apart, on the same day, is out Of the
ordinary course. But c. L. Policy,
living one mile south Of Hollansburg,
did it Tuesday.
His first sale was held, beginning at
$50, at his present home; his second
sale was held 1 II miles south of Green
vile, Ohio, during the same afternoon,
and was cried by the same auction
GERS. Policy will locate on the Green
vile place a little later.
The result was not overly satisfac-
tory, so far at least as the morning
sale was concerned. Farm sale at
tendents who buy live stock, expect to
see the cattle, hogs, horses, etc, put
up after lunch. The implements, har-
ness, and all odds and ends, are usual
ly disposed of as curtain raisers, be-
tween 10 and 12 o'clock. The attend
ance was SO light at $50 that it was
decided to await the arrival Of more
bidders, and when the sale was opened
1t was rushed along, to make clean
up and to connect with the crowd at
sale number two.
The features at the morning sale
were: 40 head Of hogs; Sc Of sheep;
% tons of hay, an International hay
baIer and 25 acres Of standing corn.
But four head Of cattle and four horses
went under the hammer.
Morning Sale Nets $3,42o.
The intake at the first sale was
$3,420 and that of the second sale
about $500. The offering of imple-
ments was small and no particularly
high prices were paid. Floyd S. Cook
bid s195 for the hay baler, and D. D.
Miller got a good hay rake at $13.
About $50 bushels Of mixed oats and
barley, weighing Al pounds, was
knocked down to VIM. Barton at 70
cents per bushel. Mr.. Barton also
bid $2450 for timothy and s24.0O for
clover hay and took the whole of both
lots: 12 Of timothy and 10 Of clover.
The corn sold is in two or three
different fields. E. E. Policy paid the
hteh dollar for corn at this sale, SAC
per acre for four acres. H. M. Ross
got ten acres Of red corn at $3.50;
John Burlett got six acres in an.
other field at s24. and Guy Platt a
single acro at $3.50. There has been
O tendency to lower the price paid for
standing corn at recent sales, con.
siderahly, as compared with August
sales.
Sheep and Hog Prices.
The first batch Of hogs to go was
captured by Virgil Harter, who got
fivo large, thrifty Duroc shoats at
s22.50. His next purchase, a big Ches
ter White SOW and eight little pigs
cost him $S9. His third purchase, a
Hampshire male, looked cheap at $24
Floyd Cock was a liberal buyer in
the hog ring His selections included
sows at $3S; one at $35; one at S31
and another, with six pigs, for $55.
A large number Of the hogs were eli
Chile to register, and one of these, a
young boar, was bid in by George
Bowen at $40, who also bought q
head Of lue,ty feeders at S17.30 each
Among the buyers Of pens of feed
ers we're. John Brarson, one pen o1
reds at s1150, and another pen al
$3.50 Burt Farmer got one pen Of
13 head at $685. Leonard Moore
8 at sS.25, and Floyd Cook bought
feeders at S7.75.
OF the Sc head Of sheep and lambs
put up John Burkett obtained the Il
lambs at $4.25, the lowest price noted
IN many a day. n. H. Wright paic
total of SIS for Is young breeding
ewes and e. NJ. White, who has beer
buying lot of sheep lately. because
as he said, 81 have lost all my hog:
by disease within a month"-bough
II likely ewes at only $7.05. These
were all we'll bred Shropshires, and ;
large buck brought s13.25 of F. o
Valentines good money.
One good Holstein COW brought s104
another $50 SO. Two red cows sold a
sos and $40.
While both sales were auctioneeret
BY Colonel Tom Commit and Simon
Wcddlc, different arrangement wa
made as to clerks, some Greenvill
parties acting at the afternoon sale
The morning sale was cared for b.
Harry Gilbert OF the Second Nationa
bank, as cashier, assisted by Will Jei
ferris, as field clerk.