THE ABERDEEN-ANGUS 



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represented on either side of the water, as stated by Mr. Pullen, 

 "it has gained distinction chiefly by the production of good stock 

 and prize winning bulls, and as this is not too common an attribute, 

 it would appear to be a family worthy of preservation." 



The prices brought by Aberdeen- Angus cattle have not ranged^ 

 as high as those brought by Shorthorn or Hereford, but have 

 made a very good showing. Figures compiled by the Kansas 

 Board of Agriculture of sales from 1892 to 1901 inclusive, 

 including 3269 head, 

 give an average price 

 realized per head of 

 $213.24, the bulls 

 averaging $ 1 90.09 and 

 the cows $232.07. A 

 report based on fig- 

 ures published by the 

 American Aberdeen- 

 Angus Breeders' As- 

 sociation, covering 1 3 1 

 public auction sales be- 

 tween 1910 and 1916, 

 shows that 7 1 60 cattle 

 of the breed averaged 

 $182.83. It is inter- 

 esting to note that be- 

 ginning in 1912 with 

 an average price of 

 $I3 8 -9 5, the average 



has steadily grown, until in 1916 it was $248.75. The records 

 for 1917 and 1918 are still better. The highest prices of in- 

 terest are as follows: Prince Ito 50006, by Eltham (9120), sold 

 by M. A. Judy, February 4, 1902, at Chicago, to B. R. Pierce 

 & Son for $9100. In June, 1918, at Escher and Ryan's sale 

 in Iowa the bull Blackcap Poe sold for $9200 to A. D. Wilcox 

 of Kansas. In this sale 126 head brought $150,205, the 

 record for the breed to this time, 13 bulls averaging $1104 and 

 113 females $1202. Six cows brought $3000 or more each, 

 Erica McHenry 43d bringing $4200. At the same sale at which 



FIG. 124. Rose of Highland County, a fine type of 



Aberdeen-Angus cow in field condition. Owned 



by the Ohio State University. From photograph by 



E. K. Emslie 



