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PRINCIPAL PLACES OF SALE AND AVERAGE PRICES OF ANIMALS OF EACH BREED 



Principal Places of Public Sale, 

 Exhibitions and Shows. 



Average Prices. 



Shows : Royal Agricultural So- 

 ciety's, London Dairy Show, 

 Eoyal Counties, Bath and 

 West, and other agricultural 

 shows. 



There are no official public sales. 

 Dairy Shorthorns are nearly 

 always bought direct from 

 breeders by private contract. 



At recent sales by auction the following prices 

 were obtained : Kelmscott : 40 cows and 

 calves averaged 68 17s. 4rf. highest price 

 178 10s. ; 13 bulls averaged 47 6s. Id. 

 highest price 89 5s. Puddington : 58 cows 

 and heifers averaged 72 19s. 2d. highest 

 price 262 10s. ; lObulls averaged 89 Os.9d 

 highest price 178 10s. ; Cranford (dis- 

 persion) : 181 cows and heifers averaged 

 83 Is. highest price 525 ; 6 bulls 

 averaged 51 9s. highest price 84. 



Shows : Royal Agricultural So- 

 ciety's, Lincolnshire, Peter- 

 borough, and London Dairy 

 Show. 



Sales under the auspices of the 

 Association are held at Lin- 

 coln in spring. 



At the Association's sales in 1912 267 bulls 

 averaged 28 2s. lid. highest price 152. 

 In 1911, 276 bulls averaged 27 Is. 

 highest price 157 10s. At a recent private 

 sale bulls made up to 75 12s., cows up to 

 47 5s. 



Shows : Royal Agricultural So- 

 ciety's, Bath and West, Devon 

 County, Royal Cornwall, Lon- 

 don Dairy Show. 



Annual Sales are held by the 

 Society at Totnes in April and 

 October. 



At the Society's sales in 1912, the following 

 prices were made : Spring : 68 bulls 

 averaged 28 Is. ; highest price, 75 12s. 

 Autumn : Bulls made up to 69 6s. ; 

 cows to 43 Is. At a recent private sale, 

 cows and heifers made up to 48 6s. each. 



Annual Spring and Autumn 

 Sales of Pedigree Stock are 

 held at Haywards Heath, and 

 there are various private sales. 



Shows : Royal Agricultural 

 Society's, Bath and West, 

 Sussex County, Tunbridge 

 Wells, Mid-Kent and East- 

 Kent. 



Royal Agricultural Society's 

 Show, Welsh National Show 

 and Sale, County and local 

 shows throughout Wales, 

 Whitland (S. Wales) Annual 

 Show and Sale. 



At the Autumn Sale, 1911, 11 bulls aver- 

 aged 25 8s. $d. per head. At various 

 private sales the average prices for cows 

 varied from 22 to 46 ; for bulls from 

 26 to 54. Best individual prices : 

 Bulls 52 10s. ; Cows 76 13s. 



The sales in connection with the Welsh 

 National Show and the Whitland Show 

 have been suspended for the last year or 

 two. The average price of bulls is about 

 25, though up to 60 is obtained for 

 the best animals. 



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