The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-02-10
TWO FARM SALES
ARE HELD THURSDAY;
BOTH GOOD AUCTIONS
By WILLIAM r.. sANBORN


the old Harrington farm, one mile east
of Fountain City, on Thursday, was
in a class by itself, in this: 1t was
the first farm sale held on the place
in the lifetime of the Harringtons, who
are now retiring from the strenuous
life. Their new home is in West Rich
mond. and was recently purchased. 1t
will be occupied by Feb. 20, it is
will locate on the Harrington acre
age. Mr.. Dorgan is well-known and
successful farmer, who was long as
ISOLATED with the late Col. Tom Con-
milf, and whose two farms Dorgan
operated on shares.
Included in the offering, which was
not large, were 20 head of Shorthorns,
mostly beef stock, although there
were six cows sold, two with calves
at side. Rome Shurley selected a.
promising roam bull at SIS, while An
drew Riley paid S485O each for pair
OF coming yearling bull calves.
The old friends and neighbors of
the Harringtons were out in force and
the bidding was lively. The farm
tools sold according to value, as did
| the few household articles disposed of.
Timothy hay sold at s1150 to s12. and
| 400 bushels of oats was divided into
| 80 bushel lots at from 37h to AZ
cents. No corn was put up. All the
hogs on the place, with the exception
OF IL fall pigs, were recently market
ed.
The sale netted the Harringtons
sl,95i, and was considered very salts
factory, says Alva Study, of Foun-
tain City, who made the settlements.
| Weddle and Hindman auctioneered the
sale and the lunch was served by the
Ladies Aid of the Christian church,
at Fountain City 1T was a mighty
fine lunch" said one of the Harring-
tons, land there was enough for ALL"
MUTcHNER BROS. & BROWN
i Mr.. P. c. King, cashier of the bank
at New Madison, made the settlements
at the Mutchner Brothers and Brown
farm sale, on Thursday. Mr. King
! gives the net of the sale at $4,000, says
that it was considered a good sale
and that the bidding was lively. w.
e. North, of Greenville, and William
Brable were the auctioneers, and the
size of the offering assured them a
busy day.
I The live stock included head of
horses, 9 of cattle, 45 hogs and 81
Shropshire sheep. Ewes with lambs
at side sold at S1025 and taking the
entire lot it sold for much more money
than could have been realized at the
end of December The scarcity OF
sheep and the better tone in the wool
market is giving the "woolies" a
show, at this time.
The sale was held 10 miles north OF
. Richmond, near the Cedar Grove
church. There was a large crowd in
attendance and the Ladies' Aid of the
Whitewater church were the busiest
women in the state during the lunch
hour.
Live Stock Prices
When the horses showed, two teams
attracted attention. H. D. Brown
, picked off the 3,0OO-pound pair of geld
-iings at s2S5, while H. G. Powell
thought the pair of sorrels we'll wortl
: 1926, so took them home Amos Hol
linger and Fred Hartman were The
most liberal buyers of hogs, with Eu
o gene Stump also in the running
Brood sows ranged at.from $37 to So!
for the best, and there were II heac
J, in the sale.
The fact that nearly $500 bushels
! of corn was On sale interested the
crowd. Of the Is tons of hay, tn,
clover averaged $1,000 and the tim
othy a little less. The corn went a
!, an average of 40 cents, as the sheets
showed.
!, H. ID. Brown paid $50 for COW an,
calf; another pair brought $3.50, ant
the third Jersey went to A. Shaffe
at his bid of $40 40