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US for Sliortliorn cattle. The prices were from .$800 for a calf of from 

 eleven to thirteen months, and from that up to $.S..")()(J. Mr. Dunlap was 

 looking for show cattle. We fonnil some very good ones. I l)elieve 

 there is too much talk about Shorthorns hcing loo Idw in this country, 

 especially after our experience in Canada. Tliey treated us very nicely 

 over there, and we liad tlie pleasure of seeing a iuiml)er of herds, bur 

 wlien it came to the prices tliey treated us ;ill riglit, too. For good tilings 

 they asked good prices. I visited Diydcn I'v: Sun. Artliur .bdnison and a 

 number of other breedei's. If we go over lliere to buy Shorthorns we 

 will have to pay a great deal more money than sonic of us are getting 

 here for our Short liorns. 



I find that even liere at home we can get pretty good prices for de- 

 cent stock. We have had the pleasuri' of selling Mr. Dunlap some cattle 

 he thinks good enough to go to California, and w(> got very decent prices 

 for them, too. 



I don't think I can talk in detail about Sliortlioi-ns. 1 am up against 

 it myself all the time, and should like to liear some of tlie other mem- 

 bers talk upon the subject. 



Mr. Busby: What about tlie Canadian aui-tion prices? 



Capt. Welsh: I have the impression That the sales are lower than the 

 prices at which Shortliorns are offered when you go there to look for 

 something good. 



Mr. Busby: Do the auction prices correspond Avith the prices asked 

 for Shorthorns at priA'ate sales? 



Capt. Welsh: No. 



Mr. Busby: Have they been holding back their cattle hoping for 

 higher auction prices in the future? 



Capt. Welsh: Possibly they have, but I am not in a position to ansAver 

 that properly. By holding back do you mean that tliey don't consign 

 their best Shorthorns to tlie sales? 



Mr. Busby: Yes, that is what I mean. 



Capt. Welsh: In talking to the manager of the sale to be held in 

 Hamilton this month, he spoke of the cattle to be auctioned as a great 

 deal better than they have been selling at the private sales. Quite a 

 number of cattle have 1>een brought over this year. This maijager has 

 a number in quarantine now, and about fifty of them he intends taking 

 to a farm and keeping for breeding purposes. He does not propose to 

 sell any of them, but intends to sell their offspring. Some cattle had 

 just been received at the Johnsons. 



Joshua Strange: I should like to ask the Captain about the standard 

 pf the imported cattle, Why do we keep all the time looking after IiiIt 



