The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-08-30
kEFF ALL DAY SALE
DRAWS GOOD CROWD,
FAIR FARM PRICES
BY WILLIAM r. sANBoRN.


An old fashion farm sale on a late
August day forms magnet which at
tracts farm folks from miles around
The last week in August isn't a busy
week on the average farm, especially
il the ground is not in condition for
blowing. 1t is too early for silo fill
ing and there is now apparently no
second crop of hay to cut, owing to
weather conditions. This is a week
for picnics. chautauquas, camping,
driving, visiting, etc, of which there
are all too few for the tillers of the
soil. their helpmates and families.
The old Tom O'Leary farm on the
Camden and Eaton pike was the scene
of large gathering on Monday This
farm lies six miles southeast of Eaton
and four miles out of Camden, the
heart of a mighty good farm area and
territory which can be relied on to
supply a farm sale crowd The good
women of the Ladies' Aid of the CAM
den M. Z. church can attest to this,
for they served the lunch and have
served many of them to sale crowds
in past times.
.. Sale Begins at Nine.
Some time ago Claude Neff issued q
sale bill stating that he had decided
have a cleanup sale, and this was the
cause of the crowd on the place known
as theO'Leary farm. This was an all
day sale, opening at o'clock, and
shortly after that hour, o. c. Schwing,
auctioneer, began the business of the
day by putting up the odds and ends,
the little things which are offered first
to warm up the crowd. From then on,
Silas Burliff, clerk of the sale kept on
filling sheets until the sale closed
along late in the afternoon.
The Live Stock Offering.
Three horses, 16 head of cattle, in
Guiding nine mich cows, and SO head
of hogs comprised the live stock. In
addition to these were a complete
outfit of farm tools, couple of waS-
ons, a Deering binder, a Milwaukee
mower, a corn planter, two or three
wheat drills, plows clutivators, grain
sacker and some good harness. Very
few household goods went under the
hammer.
The first horse sold, a three-year-
old bay, was knocked down to George
Rust at Sis. Doc Bennett, of Cam
den, got the team at $205 for the pair,
and the horse sale was closed.
Hogs Sold in Bunches
In the pens were A feeders, graded
as to size, and these brought some
good competition. But j. F. Eylcr
evidently wanted pigs the worst way,
and so succeeded in getting the whole
outfit at a cost Of 1888. Charles Line
bid the top on eight brood sows, and
took the bunch at an investment of
$270.50.
The cows were more evenly divided
"a wi he nj
FIVE had calves at side, and there were
four likely two-year-old heifers in the
competition William Weadick paid
$40 for a Shorthorn COW and calf and
topped the sale. Tom Sheehan bought
a pair of red ones at $40 each; Paul
Gels got his choice of the cows at
SCI, while John Orr got nice heifer
at $50 and a second one at $37.
Among the buyers of young bulls were
Alva Charles, who picked one at $54;
Harry Fultz, who got bull calf at
s23, and Joseph Weadick, who Sc
lected twoyear-old at $45.
Standing Corn at $25
TWENTY-FIVE acres of standing corn
sold at $40 up to s25 per acre to three
different parties. Lee Mann paid $2E
for his choice Of 10 acres; W. H
Yost procured eight acres at 500, and
Edward Yost took the balance at $21
per acre. This is about the best aver
age price paid for standing corn sc
Tar this season. Charles Benson took
all the corn in the crib at So cents
about $50 bushels in all John Orr
who is now to occupy the farm, was
a liberal buyer all over the place, &C
cording to his needs. He purchased
eight tons of timothy in the barn a
he ho1a IF hou
from that to $13
implements Bring Fair Prices.
Wagons and implements brough
fair prices according to demand ant
condition, with few exceptions. L. R
Heavenridge was the top bidder Oh
the binder, which cost him sos; Docl
Bennett paid $50 for a culti-packer
Russell Campbell got the corn plante
for SAL, and Frank Bennett paid S4O.5'
for the wheat drill. There was a 10
of good harness sold, and T. w. Fer
ris got his choice of the sets at S54.
Ladies' Aid Collect $50.
The following ladies of the M. Z
church at Camden were present t,
serve the generous lunch Mrs. Ann;
Bennett, Mrs. Frank Gelwick, Mrs
Charles Pottinger, Mrs. May Kapp
Mrs. Charles Laird, Mrs. Edward An
derson, Mrs. l. Morrow, Mrs. lri
Faris, Mrs. c. Z. Eikenberry. Mrs. w
Drummond, Mrs. Robert kenworthy
Mrs. Ida Fultz, Mrs. Carl Sterzenbacl
and Mrs. w. e. Skiver. president o
the aid society. Seventy home-mad
pies and 10 gallons of ice cream wer
among the good things disposed OF
The total collection was $50 for tn
benefit of their church treasury.
Silas Buriff, clerk of the sale, sal
that the sale netted Mr. Neff aroun,
$4,000, and that, everything consider
ed, it was a pretty good sale.