860 A HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



B. Sotham at Chillicothe, Mo., disposed of some 

 1,800 head of stockers and feeders along with 50 

 head of pedigree Herefords, the total receipts for 

 the two days' sale aggregating near $54,000. The 

 stockers and feeders were sold in lots to suit pur- 

 chasers and averaged about $24.30 per head. The 

 pedigree cattle averaged $232. The top price of the 

 sale for the registered cattle was $625 for the two- 

 year-old Clem Graves, by Dale. 



In August, 1903, Frank Nave sold his $6,000 bull 

 imp. Protector to Mr. T. A. Fletcher, who was 

 for so many years active in the management of 

 the Indiana Blooded Stock Co. The price was not 

 made public. 



Fall Sales of 1903. Prices did not mend as the 

 season advanced. George H. Adams, Crestone, 

 Colo., closed out 107 head at Linwood, Kans., on 

 July 28 and 29 at an average of $163.65. Mr. Ad- 

 amg was the owner of a 100,000-acre ranch in the 

 San Luis Valley jn southern Colorado, upon which 

 he carried ' some 5,000 head of cattle all showing 

 more or less Hereford blood and including at one 

 time 200 head of registered animals.* These had 

 been procured originally from the best sources, 

 such as the closing-out sale of Thomas J. Higgins' 



*As early as 1872, Mr. Adams began the improvement of his 

 herd founded by selection of the best native stocks in 1869 by 

 the use of pedigree blood. He paid J. C. Shropshire of Kentucky 

 $1,060 for two Shorthorn bulls and continued the use of this 

 blood for seven years, when having- seen some of the Herefords 

 sent to Colorado by T. L. Miller he concluded that the Hereford 

 possessed superior hardiness. In 1879 he purchased 150 Colorado- 

 bred grade Hereford bulls and later he visited the herd of T. L. 

 Miller and other Illinois and Indiana breeders and purchased 

 $8,000 worth of Hereford bulls. From that time Mr. Adams was 

 one of the most spirited and liberal supporters of the Hereford. 



