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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 $2 1 3.24, the bulls 

 averaging $190.09 and the cows $232.07. The highest prices of 

 interest areas follows : Prince Ito 50006, by Eltham (9120), sold 

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

 Son for $9100, the record price to date for a bull of the breed. 

 The female, Blackcap Judy 40226, by Black Monarch of Emer- 

 son 30331, at the same sale, offered by Mr. Judy, brought $6300 

 from C. H. Gardner of Illinois, the record price for a cow of the 

 breed. Other animals that have brought high prices are Gay Lad 

 19538 (bull), $3050; Black Knight of Estill 9th (bull), $2100; 

 Blackbird Wellington 2d* (bull), $3010; Lucia Estill (cow), 

 $2800; Waterside Blackcap 155 1 (cow), $2050; Blackbird of 

 Corskie 2d 1235 (cow), $2050. Many cattle of this breed have 

 sold for from $1000 to $2000 per head. 



The prices brought by Aberdeen Angus steers represent the 

 highest of the market. Advance, the grand champion of the 

 International of 1900, sold at auction the week of the show for 

 $1.50 a pound. He weighed 1430 pounds, bringing $2145, the 

 highest price per pound for a steer on record. Mr. W. C. 

 McGavock has shown that from 1889 to 1902 inclusive Aber- 

 deen Angus cattle have topped the Christmas beef market, the 

 prices per hundred ranging from $5.50 to $21.50 in 1901, the 

 latter being for the Escher champion car load of steers. 



Famous Aberdeen Angus cattle in America number many ani- 

 mals, but the following may be appropriately named. Bulls : 

 Ermine Bearer 1749, Black Knight 4751, Heather Lad 2d 

 7965, Moon Eclipser 8635, Abbotsford 2702, Black Monarch 

 of Emerson 30331, Prince Ito 50006, Gay Lad 19538, Zaire 5th 

 13067, Black Abbot 10423, Knight of St. Patrick 3 54, Bushranger 

 732 and Heather Lad of Emerson 2d 19049; cows: Blackbird 

 of Corskie 685, Blackbird of Corskie 4th 7931, Rosa Bonheurof 

 Turlington 4718, Lady of Meadowbrook 21466, Lucia Windsor 

 2775, Heather Blossom 306, Blackcap 1552, Blackcap Judy 

 40226, Barbara P. 3d 19801, Progress of Turlington 71 16, 

 Heather Bloom of Turlington 71 17, Abbess of Turlington 9327, 

 Zarilda 2d 7057, and Rose of Emerson 3d 22463. 



