PROSPERITY REGAINED 937 



Massena, la., gave $575 for Beau Dover. On March 

 18 Mr. Anstey sold at South Omaha 50 head for an 

 average of $146. At a combination sale held at 

 Omaha on April 16 under the management of W. N. 

 Eogers 69 head sold for an average of $161, the 55 

 bulls making around $168. At East St. Louis on 

 April 22 a combination sale under the management 

 of Sydney B. Smith resulted in an average of $174 

 on 36 head of cattle. On April 29 Taylor & Welty 

 sold at Wanatah, Ind., 51 head for an average of 

 $182. 



A Big Deal on the Range. One of the most im- 

 portant transactions in recent years in the range 

 country was the sale in May, 1913, by Montie Blev- 

 ins of his herd at North Park, Colo., to go to Mon- 

 tana at $75 per head with all calves of the crop of 

 1913 counted. As there were between 700 and 800 

 head of cattle involved in this deal it was regarded 

 as a notable event. The sale was all the more ex- 

 ceptional because of the fact that there were around 

 150 head of yearling heifers in the herd and no 

 young bulls at all; the bull calves having already 

 been contracted for. These were of course unregis- 

 tered cattle, but Mr. Blevins had practically brought 

 them up to a purebred basis. 



Fall Sales of 1913. The usual sale at Kansas City 

 during the American Royal resulted in an average 

 of $388 on the 46 head offered, 27 bulls averaging 

 $474. They were a good lot and the demand was 

 excellent. The top of this sale was $1,975 paid by 

 0. Harris & Sons for the second-prize senior bull 



