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stock and the great Sunny Slope offering of 1898, 

 where he bought 21 head at an average cost of over 

 $500 per head, including the imported heifer Lumin- 

 ous at $1,500 and imp. Leominister Daisy 2d at 

 $1,205. 



Mr. Adams had in the meantime bought the fa- 

 mous Linwood Farm so Jong celebrated as the 

 home of the Scotch-bred Shorthorn herd of the 

 late Senator W. A. Harris and had placed George 

 Morgan in charge. On account of failing health, 

 however, he decided to give up the handling of the 

 purebreds and they were disposed of on the dates 

 mentioned. Many of these cattle were range-bred 

 and not halter-broken. They were necessarily pre- 

 sented in pasture condition and naturally failed to 

 bring their real value, especially at this period of 

 depression. Luminous sold for $600 and her son 

 Orpheus 2d for $400. Tom Ponting was a buyer of 

 useful cattle for his sons Everett and Wayne. The 

 top of the sale was $770 for the cow Lulu with twin 

 heifer calves at foot. She was taken by Mr. Sotham, 

 who had managed the dispersion. 



On Aug. 11 and 12 at Wabash, Ind., various breed- 

 ers sold 113 head at an average of $146. At Kan- 

 sas City on Oct. 22 98 head from various Missouri, 

 Kansas and Nebraska herds averaged $163, W. H. 

 Curtice receiving the tdp price of $600 for Beau 

 Donald 48th. On Nov. 17 and 18 C. W. Armour and 

 J. A. Funkhouser passed 97 head through the auc- 

 tion ring at an average of $155.70. The best price 

 made upon this occasion was $855, which was re- 



