The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-02-21
LARGE FARM AUCTION
IS HELD AT WILSON
PLACE; TOTAL $4,000
By WILLIAM r.. sANBORN

season, both as to the chattels on Of
fer, the amount realized and the
crowd in attendance, was held on the
Wilson place, formerly known as the
Howe farm, mile south of the Wal
nut Level station and l " miles north
of Jacksonburg, on Monday. The sale
bill described this as the Jeanette H.
Wilson and Park zimmerman dissolu-
ton sale, the Wilson's being residents
of Richmond on the National road
west.
Mr.. zimmerman, who has been farm
ing the Wilson acreage, and also his
own farm, which he purchased two or
three years ago, finds the work on
the two properties a little too heavy
and is to move back to his home. In
the meanwhile Ross Bright is to take
possession of the Wilson place on
March 1.
Considerable live stock went under
the hammer. the bill describing s head
of horses, So of cattle, ITO hogs and
a bunch of so sheep. OF the hogs 55
were sows and gifts due to farrow
this spring and owing to hog market
conditions these were in brisk de-
mand. The 112 head of feeders, rang
ing at from so to $50 pounds, brought
outside prices and were quickly
cleaned up. once the crowd in quest Of
hogs got started.
Sale Totals Over $4,000.
On rechecking the total net of the
sale on Tuesday morning, it was fourd
to be $3.50, thus making it among
the biggest sales of the winter. AS
a cleanup offering considerable feed
stuffs, implements, harness and odds
and ends were disposed of and three
auctioneers had busy day of it. The
sale was engineered by Everett But
! ton, of Knightstown. Albert Hindman
and Hagerstown, and Glenn Conway
| the latter furnishing the big sale tent
! so familiar to sale goers. Robert
! Hicks and Frank Worl handled the
sheets and made the settlements. The
| 5000 bushels of corn was divided
| among numerous buyers. we under
stand, and the low man got his o.
| so cents, while the top bidder paid
| 531a cents.
Taken as whole. the sale was con-
! sidered as very satisfactory, although
| some pretty good implements seemed
| to go at sacrifice prices, considering
! the season and the cost of new farm
! tools. This was not true of the entire
| line. however, but notably so in spots
as one bargain hunter expressed it.
! The Ladies Aid of Jacksonbure
! church took good care of large and
hungry crowd and if they didn't clea
/ a thousand dollars it was no fault oil
| theirs. All the indications were that
| they had made a barrel of money
/ when it came time to count UP.
| DRULEY AND WARNER SALE
| The Jesse T. Druley farm, one mile
north of Boston, was also the scene
of a farm sale on Monday, Jesse Druley
and Warner F'leisch being the prin.
cipals. A fair crowd was present and
| but for the condition of the roads there
would doubtless have been a larger
gathering, as one of the auctioneers
| put it.
The high lights of the sale included
good team of farm mares, which
Kenneth Dubois, Camden man
thought worth $347.50, to which all
hands agreed. An extra good team OF
9-year-old mules appealed to DR.. w
! B. Massie, the Boston veterinarian
| who captured them at a cost of $500
! The offering consisted almost exclu
sively of live stock, including So head
| of brood sows and fine gifts Of the
number put up % We're Big Type Pc
! lands the balance Chester Whites
! There were enough hog buyers on hand
to pick them up as fast as they came
| to them at very fair figures. All the
sows were double immuned No other
hogs were in the sale, nor was any
grain or hay disposed of.
! The Druley and Fleisch sale Melted
I 50 400, according to Francis McMinn
/ of the Dickinson Trust company, who
made the settlements. Simon Weddle
and Forest Druly were the auctioneers
and the Ladies Aid of the Boston
Christian church served a nice, ap
petizing lunch