382 THE FAT OF THE LAND 
the finest bunch of shoates you ever saw, —312 
of them. They were not extra heavy, but they 
were fine as silk. Mr. Tom said they netted 
$4.15 per hundred, and they averaged a little over 
260 pounds. I went down with them, and the 
buyers tumbled over each other to get them. I 
was mighty proud of the bunch, and brought 
back a check for $3407.” 
«Good for you, Thompson! That’s the best 
sale yet.” 
«Some of the heifers will be coming in the 
last of this month or the first of next. Don’t 
you want to get rid of those five scrub cows?” 
« Better wait six weeks, and then you may sell 
them. Do you know where you can place 
them ?” 
« Jackson was looking at them a few days ago, 
and said he would give $35 apiece for them; 
but they are worth more.” 
“Not for us, Thompson, and not for him, 
either, if he saw things just right. They’re good 
for scrubs; but they don’t pay well enough for 
us, and if he wants them he can have them at 
that price about the middle of October.” 
The credit account for the second quarter of 
1898 stood :— 
23 calves e e ° e . ! $270.00 
Ee ee! ee en ee nn 
Butter . et Lie ats 1314.00 
Total ° ° ® e ° ® $2221.00 
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