934 A HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



$410 and the 27 bulls averaging $740. For several 

 years Mr. McCray had been making Hereford show- 

 yard history, particularly with the get of Perfec- 

 tion Fairfax. Nine sons of this bull averaged $1,460 

 upon this occasion. Mr. Cudahy paid $2,500 for 

 Crusader Fairfax. Thompson Bros., West Point, 

 Neb., gave the same sum for Duke Eeal, out of a 

 daughter of Perfection Fairfax. C. A. Tow paid 

 $2,450 for Byron Fairfax, Dr. Logan $1,650 for Bus- 

 sell Fairfax, J. I. Moffat, Carroll, Manitoba, $1,575 

 for Perfect Fairfax, Charles Adams, Dickinson, 

 N. D., $850 for Albany Fairfax and Watson & Puck- 

 ett, Apple Biver, 111., $725 for Prince Fairfax. Con- 

 rad Kohrs, the veteran Montana ranchman, pur- 

 chased a bunch of good bulls at this sale. The day 

 after this event Mr. McCray sold at private treaty 

 Beau Perfection llth to Downie & Sons of Alberta 

 for $1,750, the prize-winning calf Beal Fairfax to 

 A. L. Weston, Golden, Colo., for $2,000 and a month- 

 old calf by Perfection Fairfax a full brother to 

 Byron Fairfax for $1,000.* 



*Asked for a statement as to how he became interested in 

 Hereford cattle Mr. McCray has supplied the following interesting 

 story: 



".I can hardly remember when I first became interested in 

 cattle. My parents have told me that when I was a little boy in 

 kilts I developed an early instinct for cattle. My favorite game 

 was riding a stick horse and driving "cattleoes," as I called them 

 at that time. My father handled a greaf many feeding cattle and 

 I simply inherited my love for them. I can well remember when 

 a small boy of going with my father to the home of Mr. W. S. 

 VanNatta at the old Hickory Grove place to see his cattle, when 

 he was in business with Mr. Fowler. The impression which those 

 big broad-backed thick cows made at that time still remains with 

 me. I was so enthusiastic about them that I earnestly pleaded with 

 my father to buy two or three and take them home. He was not 

 influenced to any appreciable extent by my pleadings, however, 

 though I can well remember making a vow that I would some 

 day have a herd of my own. 



"After I grew to maturity and engaged in business for myself, 

 and had acquired several acres of land, I concluded that it was 

 about time for me to indulge in my desire to own some good 



