948 A HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



champion of 1913, averaged $521.45. The 14 bulls 

 averaged $458.90. 



On March 24 Ben Broughton sold at his Sunny 

 Slope Farm near Lake view, la., 52 head for an aver- 

 age of $256. The show bull General B, a son of 

 Beaumont Jr., brought the best price, $950. He was 

 taken by E. Gorman of Dougherty, la. On March 

 27 the Mossom Boyd Co. sold at Chicago a lot of 

 polled Herefords, 19 bulls averaging $445 and 60 

 females $234, the entire lot averaging $280. The 

 show bull Bullion 4th sold to the Renner Stock Farm, 

 Hartford City, Ind., at $2,025. The bull Gemmation 

 2d sold to G. E. Pettigrew, Flandreau, S. D., at 

 $1,350. The cattle were widely distributed, the most 

 extensive buyers being the Beaver Lake Ranch Co. 

 of Michigan. At Kansas City on March 31-April 1 

 113 head of cattle contributed by various western 

 breeders averaged $171. J. W. Johnson of Childress, 

 Tex., paid the top price of $625 for the two-year-old 

 bull Woodrow Wilson, consigned by Messrs. Wads- 

 worth of Missouri. At South Omaha, Neb., on April 

 8 at a combination sale 63 head averaged $200. The 

 best price paid was $550 by J. W. VanNatta for the 

 yearling bull Donald Fairfax. 



The final chapter in the history of the old Brook- 

 mont herd was written at Odebolt, la,, April 16-17, 

 when A. E. Cook dispersed all that remained of this 

 noted herd. The 188 head brought an average of 

 $184, the 24 bulls averaging $287. The cattle were 

 sold in their every-day working condition right from 

 the fields, no attempt having been made at special 



