The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-09-29
The Farm and the Farmer
BY William r. sanborn

r. STEELE, living near Connersville. His |
first purchase cost him $81, his sec
ond $67 and his third COW netted Mr..
Louck SOS. Carl Hartman picked out |
a COW and calf which he judged to be
worth at least s71.50, to which Auc-
tioneer Platt assented- Being thus en-
couraged in his buying mood Mr.. Hart
man went after another similar pair,
for which he paid $65. The busiest
buyer in the cattle ring was Henry |
/ Schlegel, who started in by paying |
5000 for his first choice. He later |
bought another COW at $4,000; one at
$46 and then three heifers at $50 to S32
each. About this time E. w. Hensley
and August Knoll decided that it was
time for action. Mr.. Hensley got his |
cow at $57 while Mr.. Knoll got off with
one at cost of but $46.
Among the buyers from Fountain
City was Willard Collins, who got a
choice mixer at SCI, and Horace Hunt
who invested $55 in COW which look
ed we'll worth the money, as the buyer
sized her up. ]. T. Fudge, of Viii
liamsburg took away a pair of mixers
at S67 and $50, respectively. The re-
naming heifers and calves sold at
various prices.
Horses and Mules.
!, The live stock sale opened by the
disposal of a rafting good team of sew
en-year-old well matched horses. 1t
took some time to make this SALE as
the horsese were first put up separate
=. ly and then as a pair. The auctioneers
were disposed to get the last dollar
that would be offered but finally
knocked them off to Carl Hartman at
1920. One man remarked that not so
!, long ago either of the pair would have
a brought that sum at farm sale, to
, which his neighbor agreed. C.. F.
1 STEELE, of ConnersVille, paid S10750
: for team of smoothmouth mules and
:. Charles Woodruff took home 10-year-
: old gray mare at a cost of $50.
= AS is usual on such occasions the
great American hog was in consider
: able demand. Six sows with pigs at
side formed the greatest attraction but
: finally fell into the hands of one man.
+ The man who bid in the entire lot was
Harry Gilbert, who paid $35 for a SOW
with five pigs, then $50 for one and
e eight pigs, next S35 for one with four
e pigs, then S31 for one with but three
, pigs. His last two lots, SOW with 10
= pigs and another with nine pigs cost
him $3.50 and S55.
/ Edward Hartman paid $500 for
CI5AL oHOdIS dlu 91L.SU lOI duOluSI
: bunch of eight. Grover Morgan got
/ at $1525 each.
e Sixty Cords of Stovewood.
e We understand that Mr.. Louck had
n a bid of $3.50 per cord for the 60 cords
of stovewood but the entire lot was
put on sale at any figure above this
set price. The wood was divided
among several buyers at $3.50 to 1870.
John Laughlin getting the largest lot
of any at S3.55.
The alfalfa brought S10.25 in the
4. NOW and was divided between Fred
J" Hartman and Chauncey Morrow Mix
ed clover hay sold at 81 per ton, Louis
: Tice taking about 20 tons at that fig,
= ure. Among the buyers of implements
: were: Henry Brown, who paid $41 for
8 the binder; c. F. STEELE, who got a
. corn pillow for SIS; Don Berry. who got
u a corn planter for S22; NJ Whitehead
e who got the spreader for s24, and
= Louis Tice who paid SAT for a farm
" wagon.
I The Ladies' Aid of the NJ E. church
y at Chester served a satisfying lunch
at their usual low prices. Included in
L the bill of fare was a pot full of chick
e en- and dumplings, which was in great
II demand until the supply ran out. The
:, ladies present and serving were: Mrs
u Matte Kendall, Mrs. Kate Woodruff
u Mrs. Maggie Boerner, Mrs. Jennie
e Huffman, Mrs. Eva Wesler, Mrs. Belle
Is Boyer, Mrs. Margaret Mason, Mrs
Bertha Gray, Mrs. Mary Smith and
u Mrs. Pearl Kemp.
Mr.. Jordan tells US that the sale net
ted over $4,000, and that it was prac
tically cash transaction, as only two
in
lements.
The Manford Richardson farm sale
was held on the home place. fouI
miles southwest of Centerville. or
2 Thursday. Mr.. Richardson disposed
of the acreage about six months age
le and the sale was a cleanup prepare
10 tory to the removal to Florida, where
a the family will settle during the fall
s A host of neighbors and friends
e were present to help make the sale {
" success, so many indeed that the
ic ladies of the Bryant Cemetery asso
E citation, who served the lunch, tool
in more than $50. No outside price:
IL were paid for livestock, except tha
ID some Hampshire sows brought from
n S45 to $50, and feeders went at 81
: to SIS per head. The sale ran Close
h to $4,000 Nine COWS and heifers
. seven horses and lis pigs covered thu
livestock.
- She Saved Four Horses
is When Mrs. Dingley Morgan at worl
s, in the kitchen of her home on Thurs
n day discovered that their big barr
IT. was ablaze, she was alone in tn,
q house. She didn't faint, but sprintet
c.; out to the barn to try and save tn
w four horses tied in their stalls. Di,
DC she get the horses out? She did
but it was a narrow escape Befor,
they were all turned loose whisps O
blazing hay was falling into the mar
TT gers and the plucky young wife emery
d. ed scorched from the heat With tn
exception Of a young calf, all the live
Id, stock was ranging about the plac
and were safe. The calf was burr
IT ed
13 Mr. Morgan and another man ha
started out early and were in cor
er- field down in a hollow, out of sigh
m of the barn. A neighbor ran to tel
the story a bit later, but the bar
is was in ruins when the men got bac
". The neighbors who quickly gathere
managed tn keen the flames fror