The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1919-09-20
S1o,325 BROUGHT
To COOK IN BIC
LIVESTOCK SALE.
Showers Interrupt Open-Air
Event-Markets Have no
Effect on Mich Cattle.
BY WILLIAM r. SANBORN


The Floyd s. Cook farm sale, on
Friday, ranks among the headliners
of the present sale season. 1t was
big sale, and the fact that two or three
showers fell during the session did not
figure appreciably in the results. Cook
had not anticipated a rainy day; he
planned to display his Duroc treasures
in the open and did. Three auction
eers led the procession outside, but all
came back in down pour, after the
hogs were sold. Over fifty head OF
cattle were offered, all but a few, cows
with calves at side. The first cow to
go under the hammer was cried in
the barn. Berry Moore gave $10O for
the Holstein mother and calf. He
also got the next pair for 800. Then
the skies cleared and the sale was con-
tinued out Of doors.
Cow Brings $12O.
There were six fresh COWS and
number of springers in the offering
and the highest priced pair netted
$l20. Will Hartman being the buyer.
Four of the fresh cows brought from
500 up and the balance satisfactory
prices. All things considered the cat
tile brought every dollar that could be
reasonably expected, in the opinion of
judges.
The sale prices on good COWS and
heifers have not been materially af
fected by market fluctuations, for milk
and butter show no tendency to de-
cline, and both are likely to go higher
Among the buyers Of cattle were:
Jack Maher, whose first purchases, a
young steer and heifer cost him $92
Mr.. Maher picked up few others dur
ing the afternoon. The most persist
ent bidder on young stuff, Henry Bull
erdick, secured four steers at $35; two
at $52; three at $30.50, and four heif-
er calves at $31 per head. Rome Shur-
ley, Louck & Hill, Ollie Hodgin, Frank
Hodgin and Ferrie King, were among
the cattle and hog buyers on the
grounds.
- \ Hogs In Depand.
There were upwards of 100 hogs in
the Offering, fifty of which weighed
close to $50 pounds, and thirty head
averaging 100 pounds. Walter Brag
secured his choice of sows at $48, and
the second sow and pen of feeders
for $1S4. Frank Hodgin picked up a
pen of II feeders at $500 each, and
one boar at $3.50.
Ferrie King bid in 4S head of shoats
at from $24 to $26.90. making a clean
up Of four pens. Clarence Brown in
vested nearly $500 in porkers and
Ollie Hodgin bought one pen at $24 so
each. Henry Bullerdick added six
pigs to his load of cattle, the SOW cost
ing him SAT.
80 Acres Of Corn.
Eighty acres Of corn in the field
were disposed Of at a wide range in
prices. The top, S45.50. was paid by
WIFI Hartman For q
Hinshaw, the lowest buyer, secured Is
acres at a cost of $3.50; Fred Mitchell
paid $3.50 for 15acres, while Jesse
Pearson paid s39.75 for ten acres,
S39.50 for another ten and $3.50 for
his third ten acres selection. The
corn was sold by fields, or In five acre
patches.
OF the 600 bushels Of oats disposed
Of Omar Grove took 200 at 50 cents
and Clarence Brown 400 at 6SA cents
Brown Is to move on the farm now to
be vacated by Floyd Cook. Cook tav
ing recently purchased a farm on the
Arba pike.
Sale Totals $1o,s25.
The high spots in the sale of imple
ments were touched by Clarence
Brown, who paid $3.50 for a wheat
drill and $139 for a grain binder, both
a grain drill at $50; Frank Mitchell, q
twogang plow for $40, and Will Hart
man paid exactly the same money
for a two-row corn plow.
Among the live stock sold was E
team of well matched mules that look
ed like $500 but which were captured
by G. G. Bryant for $3.50. E. o. Bur
secured a good team of draft mares a
$2S1.
There were three auctioneers tt
rush the sale along but at that it last
ed until o'clock. Tom Conniff, 81
mon Weddle and Albert Hindman were
the criers who induced the crowd t.
part with $10,325 in lawful money
John J. Healey and Ray Swallow, O
the American Trust and Savings, wer,
respectively field clerk and cashier o
the sale.