THE RAMBOUILLET 



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Big Chief, by Wyoming Boy, consigned by F. S. King Brothers 

 Company of Wyoming, sold for $1300 to Hobbs and Gillett of 

 Idaho. John H. Seely sold to Dell Pratt a ram for $1325. A 

 ram consigned by Illinois University brought $675. In all; 

 1 68 Rambouillet stud rams brought $39,985, an average of $238, 

 and 362 ewes brought an average of $46.29. At the 1918 sale 



FIG. 239. The shepherd and his flock at Rambouillet, France. From photograph 



by the author 



a two-year-old ram was sold by John H. Seely to C. N. Stillman 

 of Utah for $6200, the top price for the breed. The Butterfield 

 Sheep Company sold the ram Butterfield's Model to Bullard 

 Brothers of California for $3000, and other rams sold for. $1500, 

 $1200, $1100, and $1000 respectively. Bullard Brothers sold a 

 pen of 24 yearling rams for $300 a head. Seely sold to Hobbs 

 and Gillett 3 ewes for $1375, and King Brothers sold 10 yearling 

 ewes for $150 each. Illinois University consigned 5 rams that 

 averaged $425 a head. At the 1919 ram sale at Salt Lake City, 

 Illinois University sold to the Butterfield Live-Stock Company 

 of Idaho a ram for $1600, the top price of the sale. One other 

 ram was sold by F. S. King Brothers Company for $1500, 



