Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 February 1917 — LEWIS SALE TOTALLED OVER $6,000 [ARTICLE]

LEWIS SALE TOTALLED OVER $6,000

Seventy-Five Head of Hogs Averaged SB6 Each At Greatest Sale Ever Held in State ______ The John R. Lewis hog sale held at his farm in Barkley township on Wednesday was undoubtedly the greatest of its kind ever held in the state of Indiana and probably was as big a one as ever was held. Seventy-five head of Mr. Lewis’ choice Hampshire went for a total of $6,272.50, or for an average of SB6 a head. C. S. Boynton was the chief bidder of the eight hundred spectators who were on hand to get some of this choice stock. Four auctioneers handled the sale, two from out of the county and two from this vicinity. C. S. Boynton, of Pleasant Plains, 111., wag the chief bidder and took away several of the very best animals, and he was also the highest bidder of the day on one single animal. The lowest price.paid for any single hog exceeded SSO. The highest Srice paid for the day was for Dollie lessenger who brought the neat little sum of $347.00.