Apparently, that's harder not to do than I thought.
The following is a listing of everything that was sold on the Pointer farm in 1918.
Not only did Barney the Mule get sold, but he went for a decent price considering what the livestock went for that year. Was it hard for Pearl to sell Barney? Of course, I'm assuming the mule was Barney and that the mule was not sold to a guy named Barney. Totally possible, but I've perused this farm book, and some other animals with names were sold.
*big sigh* It's tough to let them go when you name them.
~Caroline
Jan 1st, 1918
Sold
Jan 2 sold mule Barney $140
Jan 9 sold boar $35
Jan 22 sold bull $75
Jan 28 sold cow & calf $85
Feb 7 load of corn $36
Feb 8 lard $1.80
Feb 15 spotted heifer $44.50
April 17 spoted cow an calf $80.00
April 23 load of oats $53.80
May 4 chickens $12.59
May 15 6 hogs $230.19
June load oats $51.
June 25 load oats $46.35
hog $25
wheat 47 bu $92
oats $244.59
Sept 10 1 hog $55.94
Nov. 2 chickens $12.00
Nov. 4 1 sheep $26.00
Nov. 16 19 hogs 18cts $596.48
Dec 1 hog at 17cts $36.72
Dec 2 7 hogs at 15.55 $231.09
Dec 7 load corn $39.42
Dec 16 chickens $12.20
Dec 23 corn $668.57
Dec 28 hog to Heintz $40