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records were made on cows, Maple Lass 57th 512411 bringing 

 $7700 and Princess H. 609673 reaching $7800. The price of 

 $6300 paid for Columbia March On 543883 at Mr. McCray's 

 sale in May was the high price for a Hereford cow up to that 

 date. On January 7, 1919, Mousel Brothers of Nebraska broke 

 all previous Hereford sale records, selling 50 head for a total of 

 $192,250, an average of $3845. The three-year-old bull Superior 

 Domino 557924 sold to Mrs. William Braddock of Nebraska for 

 $21,000, and the aged cow Mariana 8th 416438 to Fritz Bichel 

 of Nebraska for $7200. Early in March, 1919, the bull Richard 

 Fairfax 449317, by Perfection Fairfax and out of Real Lady 

 238518, by Beau Real' 181680, was sold by L. A. Pinard of South 

 Dakota to Ferguson Brothers of Canby, Minnesota, for $50,000, 

 which created a new high record of Hereford values. Finally, on 

 May 21 and 22, 1919, Mr. McCray held a world-record sale for 

 beef cattle, 120 head bringing $436,250, an average of $3635. 

 The first 50 head in the sale averaged $5360, and 42 sons and 

 daughters of Perfection Fairfax averaged $5591. One cow, Miss 

 Dale Farmer 512485, was bought by Z. M. Crane of Dalton, 

 Massachusetts, for $10,500. Two bulls brought very high prices 

 in England in 1918 Ringer (31920), by Starlight, selling for 

 $45,000 at the sale of S. C. Hayter ; and Resolute, by Ringer, 

 selling for $40,000 to T. R. Thompson of Wales. 



The distribution of the Hereford is very wide. In Great Britain 

 it is chiefly bred in Herefordshire and vicinity, though herds are 

 kept with success in Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. The Hereford, 

 however, is best adapted to a grazing region of a fair degree of 

 level surface, and its introduction to the plains of Australia, New 

 Zealand, Argentine Republic, Canada, and the United States has 

 met with very great success. No breed equals the Hereford for 

 withstanding the vicissitudes of the great ranges, where winter's 

 cold and scarcity of feed frequently obtain. The thick coat of 

 hair, robust constitution, and easy-keeping quality of the breed 

 make it unusually suited to such conditions. For the restricted 

 surroundings of the Eastern farm, where grazing is not so abun- 

 dant, the Hereford is not so well suited. Yet in New England, 

 and especially in Maine, Herefords have long been popular. The 

 oxen of this breed have for many years met with favor on the hills 



