The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-02-17

The James v. King farm sale on Sat
urday was important, for two reasons:
First, 1t was the only sale ever held
on the King farm in the more than
thirty years of Mr.. Kings ownership
Next, It was important because of the
number of cattle and mules on offer
the prices brought and the net real
ICED, $8,138. Mr. King is not breaking
up his home. He plans to farm as
usual and to occupy his pleasant farm
home for many years-and we hope he
may. His farm lies three miles south
east OF New Paris, on the Orange
burg road.
Fifty head Of cattle went under the
hammer at the King sale, at good
prices. There were also SO head OF
hogs sold, and not brood SOW in the
lot+-all young stock, weighing from
rs pounds to about $50 pounds. In
this you will note variation from or
: binary hog offerings at sales reported.
OF the twenty mules in the barns, but
IA head, sold as seven teams, were put
up. Mr.. King Is to continue farming,
remember, and evidently needs all
his horses, none being offered for sale.
In the implement display was q 10
30 Mogul tractor, also an international
motor corn pillow. The latter was sold
to Edward Harris, of Gettysburg, o.,
for $397.50. but the tractor. as we re-
call, was not put up for sale. A gas
oline engine was knocked down to
Leo Campbell, of Eaton, for $33. and
Ed Cummons got a spreader at $50.
About 400 bushels of corn sold at
$1.42 and $1.4O, it being taken in two
1Hk h,rY Cuyfc hnW
What Mules Sold For.
Considerable interest centered in
mule barn, and H. Burough paid the
top. $40 for team. Elan Lawrence
was the next highest bidder, his span
costing $407.50. Next in order OF
price came the span bought by e. r.
Clark at $500. Andrew Smith and H.
NJ. Ross each paid 1870 for span,
Park Ulrich paid 1921 for pair, while
Jerry McCarty and L. B. Cranor got
their spans at 5000 and $177.5o re-
spectively.
Hogs sold at very fair prices, which
has been the usual order OF late, every
farmer seemingly being willing to take
n few, no matter how many he is now
feeding. IL he has the corn to feed.
Estey Kimmel garnered a lot Of these
young Durocs and paid $816.75 for
them.
Cattle brought tiptop Agures. ]. r.
Campbell bought eight steers at $35.25,
at 500 and at $40 per head. Cliff Gard
of New Hope. paid $500 for ten head
of good cattle and John Cooks pur-
chase in the cattle pens cost him 81,
266. One buyer paid $50 for COW,
which was the top on the four cows
sold; Will Gaar got his mixer at $40,
and John Long got the only two heif,
ers offered for $107. The cattle mon
ely alone was $4,000.
Sale Brings $3.50.
The King sale ranks among the big
ones as to cash results, the net being
$8,13S, principally for hogs. cattle and
mules. w. E. North and Guy Katzen-
bargar, of Greenville, cried the sale
and ]. A. Day and w. p. Mills, of New
Paris kept the records, the latter act.
ing as cashier. The ladies Of the New
Paris Christian church served a salts
flying lunch in a comfortably warmed
building, which was the center of all
gatherings during sale hours. Among
the visitors was VIM. w. Watts, of
Richmond, young man, clad in leath-
er and wearing visor Of the aviation
corps type. The crowd was not large,
as crowds sometimes go. but they
were free buyers. The list included
Elan Lawrence, Omar Dine, John
Busch, Lee Campbell, A. Brubaker, J.
c. Judy, Russell Kicker, Ollie Hodgin,
Glenn Burk. Orville Fudge, Ed Balling-
er. John Cook, l.. B. Cranor, +. r.
Clark. John Watts, H. M. Ross and
Clayton Richards.