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Shelby ville, Ind. At another Chicago sale on Feb. 

 17 and 18 the 66 head averaged only $131.50. On 

 Feb. 19 at Indianapolis 74 head consigned from vari- 

 ous herds reached an average of $169.40, the high- 

 est price being $540 paid by F. L. Studebaker, War- 

 ren, Ind., for the cow Lucy M 2d, by Shadeland 

 Dean. At Kansas City on Feb. 25 and 26 109 head 

 from such herds as Gudgell & Simpson's, C. A. Stan- 

 nard's, Scott & March's and F. E. Eockef eller >s 

 went under the hammer at an average of $164.25, 

 the best price being $385 paid by S. L. Brock for 

 Annabel 5th, by Militant. Nothing could better il- 

 lustrate the trend of the market than the fact that 

 good things offered by Gudgell & Simpson and sired 

 by Beau Brummel, Lamplighter and other noted 

 bulls of the Anxiety blood passed through the ring 

 at around $200 per head. And yet much darker 

 days than these had been experienced in the 

 earlier years and greater gloom was in store for 

 1904. On Feb. 21 and 24 at Des Moines, la., in a com- 

 bination sale 66 head were knocked down at an aver- 

 age of $111.50. Mr. F. A. Nave sold at Attica, Ind., 

 on March 18 50 head at an average of $280.80, the 

 top being $795 paid by W. S. VanNatta & Son for 

 Royal Daisy 2d, the dam of imp. March On, sold in 

 calf to Dale. The famous show cow Benison went 

 to Giltner Bros, at what was called the bargain price 

 of $505. G. H. Hoxie on May 14 sold 38 head at 

 Thornton, 111., for an average of $300. On May 22 

 F. L. Studebaker sold 28 head at Wabash, Ind., 

 for an average of $225. On June 16 and 17 T. F. 



