PROSPERITY REGAINED 927 



957 Herefords disposed of at public sale at an aver- 

 age of $180.40. This was an advance of $20 per 

 head over the previous year. During the Denver 

 show in January 46 head fetched an average of 

 $182.35. On Feb. 22 Mr. McCray sold 70 head for 

 an average of $255, 20 bulls averaging $330 with 

 none of them going higher than $680, which price 

 was paid for Fairfax 13th by a cattle company 

 operating in Old Mexico. On Feb. 29 at Grand 

 Island, Neb., Mousel Bros, and G. G. Clement dis- 

 posed of 44 head at an average of $201.80, on which 

 occasion the young bull Beau Mousel was bought 

 by Mr. DeWitt of Colorado Springs for $1,000. Mr. 

 DeWitt had also been a good buyer at the McCray 

 sale. On March 8 and 9 at Council Grove, Kans., 

 Jones Bros., who were dissolving partnership, sold 

 158 head at an average of $128.70, bulls again 

 outselling the females, the 22 males averaging 

 $172.50. At a sale made by W. J. Davis & Co. of 

 Mississippi on March 14 42 head averaged $163.50. 

 A combination sale was held at Kansas City on 

 March 26 and 27, but the offerings were not of the 

 highest grade and the average on 116 head was but 

 $116.35, with a top of $410 for a yearling bull con- 

 signed by the Funkhouser estate. On April 12 at 

 Kingsley, la,, Messrs. Edmunds, Shade & Co. sold 

 52 head at an average of $150, the best price being 

 made by the yearling bull Beau Albany, sold to go 

 to Canada at $500. 



During the Kansas City show in October a lot 

 of well conditioned cattle were offered, the 49 head 



