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held May 15, 1920, by Park E. Salter of Wichita 

 and J. C. Robison of Towanda. This sale was 

 held under unfavorable financial conditions but 

 the prices received proved conclusively that first- 

 class Shorthorns will sell for top prices under 

 almost any conditions. The account follows : 



Park E. Salter of Wichita and J. C. Robison of Towanda, 

 Kansas held a partnership sale of Shorthorns in the Forum 

 at Wichita Saturday, selling 48 cattle for $64,775 or an 

 average of $1,339.37. The Salter offering of 20 head 

 averaged $1,901 around, the Robison cattle sold for an av- 

 erage of $916 per head. In the cattle consigned by Park 

 E. Salter, there were a number of show animals, including 

 the grand champion, Lady Supreme, which sold to Frank 

 Scofield of Hillsboro, Texas for $4,800. Miss Snowbird 

 Sultan by Snowbird's Sultan with a white heifer calf at 

 foot by Fair Acres Sultan Jr., sold to Carpenter & Ross of 

 Mansfield, Ohio, for $5,000, was the top of the females. 

 This is one of the highest, if not the highest price ever paid 

 for a female at auction in the state of Kansas. Pleasant 

 Gloster 2d, another member of Mr. Salter 's last year's show 

 herd sold to H. C. Lookabaugh for $3,000. H. C. Looka- 

 baugh also purchased Missie's Last, at $6,100, which was 

 the top of the auction. Of the cattle consigned by J. C. 

 Robison, over half were imported and had been in the 

 country only a short time. They were not in the best of 

 condition, as they had been in transit for several months, 

 and Mr. Robison had not been able to get them in very 

 good shape. As it was, nine head sold for over $1,000 a 

 head. The top price paid for a Robison consignment was 

 $2,400, this amount being given by Albert Hultine of Saron- 

 ville, Nebraska, for imp. Sweet Fragrance bred by William 

 Duthie. The Shorthorn fraternity was well represented, 

 breeders being present from Nebraska, Iowa, Mississippi, 



