The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-01-07

Perhaps you didn't know that the
Glen Miller Stock yards at Richmond
Is said to be the la rgest and best equip
ped privately owned stock yards west
of Pittsburg.
Well. it is. or we wouldn't say so.
That is the testimony of railway Of
ficials and others who are familiar
with the facts.
And SO important is the part that
Glen Miller yards plays in the hand
ling OF stock at this point that the
Pennsylvania system is spending a
lot OF money right now to improve
switching and loading facilities at this
model plant. A long concrete retain
ing wall and the laying Of another
switch track close alongside the plant
Is part OF the work now being done
to facilitate unloading for feeding in
transit. an extra lot of which has been
done here recently on account of the
various embargoes. These embargoes
have not. however, prevented daily
purchases of hogs and cattle.
We have spoken of this as model
plant" and for this reason: 1t is all
under roof and is well lighted. Roof
windows are tight and are handled by
cords, just as in greenhouses. The
cattle and hogs are protected from
cold, an important consideration, and
are shaded in summer. The miles of
open pens at the great city stock
yards, are, when filled with live stock
in zero weather, a sight to make hui
man men protest, and to incline them
to vegetarianism. 1.-THE merciful man
Is merciful to his BEAST" said the In
spired writer, and nothing in the Bible
is truer.
The Glen Miller yards are owned by
Glenn Gaar and Jerome Shurley. and
they have buyers stationed at Lynn
in Randolph county and at New Paris,
O. They buy everything in the line
of live stock, at all times, but no kill
ing is done at the plant.
Embargo On Hogs.
Recent embargoes have interfered
with their shipment but has not
stopped their buying whatever has
been brought in. A section of new
pens has been added of late and more
will be built as needed.
Last Saturday was a busy day at
the plant, as usual, and during the
hour the writer VS. present to note
proceedings, a new record was made.
About IL o'clock a big double-deck
truck came rolling in, containing 81
hogs, owned by Horace Throckmorton
of Wayne township. Mr.. Throckmor-
ton said he calculated the load would
net him $4,000. He proved to be a
pretty good guesser for the load
weighed 1926 pounds and brought
$1,984.32. You can do your own figur-
ing as to the average weight of the
hogs and the price per pound. / haven't
time to tell you.
Hog Sales.
It may be of interest to note the
names of the Wayne county farmers
who sold hogs at Glen Miller yards
on Friday and up to noon on Satur-
day. The list follows:
Benjamin Parshall, T. G. Kenworthy,
H. E. Armacost, Fred Brown, Floyd
Began, Gus Winters. James Moore. c.
R. Ross, Charles Perry, Frank Ed
wards, Harry Ryan, Earl Voore,
Percy Farlow, G. J. Addleman, Jesse
Blose, Charles Plankenhorn. 0. H.
Pierce. H. S. Began. Fred Began.
Everett Druley, Joe Nc kee. Harvey
Kuhlman, Horace Throckmorton, Earl
Davenport, Charles Coffman, Joe
Helms and Ebert Kemp.
Among those who sold was one man
who had prosperous looking, or at
least, well-fed SOW weighed sepa-
rateIy, and the check made out to his
wife's order. A neighbor asked, why
Well" said he, its her sow and
aim to give her what's bern"
That's the idea, exactly, gentlemen,
in our modest opinion. But the man
who had asked the why of the check"
added, that 1.-The only thing l give to
my wife is my religion" whereat an