The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-10-25
BREEDERS ENCOURAGED
BY ADVANCE IN PRICES
At BRUCE PULLEN SALE
By WILLIAM r.. sANBoRN

By WILLIAM ". SANBORN
The breeders of Duroc-Jersey hogs,
and the farmers interested in i'm
proving their red" herds, were present
in a large number at the ring side at
the Bruce Pullen Duroc sale on Mon
day. The sale was held on the Pulleu
farm three miles west of Liberty, the
Mecca of numerous pilgrims in quest
of certain strains of the breed, Tor d
number of years. This was Mr.. Fui-
lens Thirteenth annual sale and top
py bunch of "a head invited competi-
ton
But Duroc men are not alone inter
ested in the results of the Pullen sale.
Hogs is hogs, just as pigs is pigs,
so to speak. An advance in average
price at any hog sale is encouraging
10 the entire hog-raising fraternity
The Pullen sale showed the faith of
hog men in the outcome of the present
status. They are, in the main optl-
mistic, of good cheer, and with an
Astounding faith that we are now on
the basis of changing costs.
Winners of Ribbons.
In the forword of his sale catalog,
T..
shown IL head under one year old at
The state fair, had won eight ribbons,
including one on junior champion.
This fact impressed those in quest OF
types"
Col Bragg, of Winchester, conduct
ed the sale, assisted by Howard and
Carr, of Liberty, who were in the ring.
In his Introductory remarks, Col.
hot he hn0 furnished
better way of marketing corn; that
the better the hog the quicker the
gain and better the profit. 1.-THE hog
is the solution of many farm finan-
ciaI problems" said he, land this IS
the right time to buy the best IN
reach"
Tops of the Sale
The prize offering of the day was
No. Is in the catalog, the get of Waits
Giant Col, narrowed March in lit
ter of II. This boar started at $50
and finished at $1S1, Charles Fisher,
of Rushville, bidding the last dollar.
The next in the list was gilt, Walt
Cherry Lady, a yearling SOW, which
Caldwell and Son of Connersville paid
s129 for. William Wilcoxen of Rich
mond climbed up to $125 on a fine
Ii, l.. Ici
Waits Willetta, a yearling. Earl
Prenion, of Fillmore, Ind, paid $117.50
for a last March boar. These were
the tops of the sale. Stewart Bros,
of Camden, paid 500 for choice
gilt.
The first SOW to show, Waits Giant
Lady, sold for $40 and goes to Hopes
ton. H. She was purchased by Fred
Tilton. who also paid SIC for March
gilt, to be sent to the home farm at
Hoopeston.
Made a $54 Average
So near as we can figure it out,
the sale ran $54 average, or close
to it. "A check of the boars showed
that they ran close to an average of
s57 EACH" said one observer who kept
close tab with his pencil and checked
the entire catalog. The gifts did not
do quite so well, including the late
spring pigs, but the average of the
sale on the entire 81 head disposed
of was better than $50. This ranks
il as the best red hog sale of the sum
mer and fall season. so far as we have
been advised, several falling IS to
SO below that figure
Various Buyers.
Wayne county was literally repre-
scented on the sales sheets Joe Hill.
of Richmond, picked out three good
ones. Union county led in numbers
bought, as was natural, and many
choice animals were distributed over
Union county farms. H. A. McMahan
Joe McMahan, Bob Bryant, Chauncey
Bryant, Charles Leah, Elmer Robbins
NJ. A. Pentecost, Oscar Huber and
other Union county men invested dur
ing the day.
Among the scattering buyers were
Cecil Larsh, Eaton; Theodore Sell
Union City; W. f. Blake, College Cor.
ner; Willard Robinson, Connersville
Paul Masters, Castleton; Edward Nal
ley. Boston and NJ w. Pickering, OF
Lewisville, Ind
Willing Workers Serve Lunch.
The sale was preceded by a gener
GUS lunch served by the Willing Work
ers of the G.. u. church, at Browns
vile. There was liberal supply OF
homemade pies, some real vegetable
soup, sandwiches, etc. The ladies
present and serving were: Mesdames
Mollie Funk, Blanche Gavin, Alice
Maye, Kate Parks. Eva Stanley, lisa
bella Kaufman, Edna Parks, Mildred
Stevens, Gertrude Crist and Miss Hell
en- West.
Mr. Pullen said on Tuesday morning
that he was well satisfied with the
outcome of the sale and that he fell
assured that the buyers feel the same
way as to their selections.
In the ex-kaiser's palace in Berlir