940 A HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



lor. Mr. Christensen took Princess Repeater 3d 

 at $510. 



At the International sale at Chicago 46 head aver- 

 aged $561, the 26 bulls exposed bringing an average 

 of $626.70. The top at this sale was $2,200 for the 

 senior bull calf Standard llth, taken by A. B. Cook, 

 Helena, Mont. James Chesney of Evanston, Wyo., 

 gave $2,100 for the two-year-old bull Bonnie Lad 

 28th; C. G. Cochran & Son, Plainview, Kans., gave 

 $1,130 for Prince Eupert 50th; Thomas Mortimer 

 paid $785 for Royal Mail, and W. T. Jones of Texas 

 took Diamond 's Donald at $875. The highest-priced 

 female was Defender's Lassie, taken by 0. Harris 

 & Son at $2,050. Mr. Taylor of Kentucky gave 

 $1,250 for the two-year-old heifer Bonnie Lass. On 

 Dec. 8 W. E. Hemenway & Son sold 33 head at 

 Steward, 111., for an average of $154, the top being 

 $500 paid by Meier Bros., Bellvue, la., for Prime 

 Star Grove. 



William Andrews & Sons and James Price sold 

 at Morse, la., on Dec. 17 17 bulls for an average of 

 $321 and 21 females at an average of $269. Eleven 

 head of polled Herefords sold at an average of $332, 

 the entire sale averaging $314. Mr. Price's Bonnie 

 Brae 69th, a double grandson of Bonnie Brae 3d, 

 was bought by 0. Harris & Son for $925. The 

 Messrs. Andrews had been devoting their attention 

 for some time to the development of the polled Here- 

 ford type and sold upon this occasion the two-year- 

 old polled bull Prime Grove for $1,025, the buyer 

 being Henry Smith of Nebraska, Another polled 



