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bull by the same sire went to Guy Jones of Missouri 

 at $600. 



Fairfax 16th and Beau Perfection 9th at $7,500. 

 In the month of August, 1913, Mr. McCray made one 

 of the great private deals of Hereford history, buy- 

 ing the entire J. P. Cudahy herd at Belton, Mo., con- 

 sisting of 437 head, and including the sensational 

 winners at the big shows of 1911 and 1912 the bulls 

 Fairfax 16th, Beau Donald 75th, Beau Fairfax, Cor- 

 rector Fairfax, Crusader Fairfax and Beau Perfec- 

 tion 9th. 



After this transaction was closed Mr. A. B. Cook 

 of Helena, Mont., whose purchases of high-class 

 cattle had for several years previous been one of 

 the features of the trade, bought 32 head of the 

 top Cudahy cattle for the sum of $18,000, including 

 Fairfax 16th and Beau Perfection 9th at $7,500, the 

 30 females being figured at $350 each. 



Many other illustrations of the keen demand for 

 good Herefords could be cited from the records of 

 private sales made during the year 1913. The ac- 

 tivity in the trade in the west was specially marked, 

 reflecting the steady trend towards higher values 

 for beef cattle on the hoof at all leading markets. 

 Scharbauer Bros, of Texas, who had for many years 

 been breeding cattle of a character specially adapted 

 for the range trade, reported that they had sold for 

 shipment to the Dakotas in one lot thirteen carloads 

 of bulls numbering 429 head, the trade involving 

 between $30,000 and $40,000. During the fall of 

 1913 Mr. Eichard Walsh, former manager of the 



