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the best price being $1,500, paid by George H. Adams 

 of Crestone, Colo., owner of a 100,000-acre range in 

 the San Luis Valley. This top figure was given for 

 the two-year-old imported heifer Luminous, sired by 

 Post Obit (11542). Mr. Adams was a persistent and 

 liberal bidder throughout the entire sale, among 

 his other selections being the three-year-old im- 

 ported cow Leominster Daisy 2d by Lead On, taken 

 out at $1,205. He also bought the good cow Miranda, 

 by Wild Tom, and of Mr. Cross ' own breeding at 

 $905, his total purchases at the sale including 20 

 head at an average of over $500 each. Mr. Adams 

 was an enthusiastic advocate of the Herefords for 

 use on western ranges, and maintained a fine herd 

 of purebred cattle in addition to some 5,000 head of 

 high-class grade " white faces." He had bought 

 some 50 head of good breeding cattle when the large 

 and superior herd of Thomas J. Higgins had been 

 dispersed in Kansas. 



Over $400 Average for 144 Cattle. This sale 

 injected new life into the American Hereford cattle 

 business. The 144 head sold for $58,585, an average 

 of $407, in many respects one of the most extraordi- 

 nary results ever attained on either side the water. 

 Higher averages had been made, but not upon such 

 a large number of animals. The 23 imported bulls 

 brought an average of $616, the 14 imported females 

 an average of $563, and the 107 home-bred lots 

 fetched an average of $341. After the sale a num- 

 ber of the lots changed hands at advanced prices. 

 Mr. Whitman, who had bought the imported bull 



