CONCLUSION 



The year 1920 ushered in a readjustment in 

 prices brought about by wartime conditions, 

 which, coming several years sooner than expected, 

 had a marked effect on prices paid for Short- 

 horns. It is the general impression that prices 

 are more nearly stable than they have been since . 

 1915 and that but little, if any, reduction from 

 present range of values will take place. Good 

 Shorthorns are now selling and will continue to 

 sell at prices that will make their production 

 very profitable. The wide market for cattle of 

 this breed insures a steady and healthy demand 

 for all the good specimens that can be produced 

 and the placing of values on a permanent basis 

 will encourage many farmers in making a start 

 with the reds, whites and roans. 



Some early summer sales held values well, but 

 nearly all later ones witnessed sharply reduced 

 prices. In June Col. H. L. Burgess sold forty 

 head at Fort Scott, securing $3150 for a bull and 

 $1025 for a yearling heifer. The entire sale made 

 a good average. The fall sale season was opened 

 by A. L. Johnston at Ottawa and followed by the 

 Southeast Kansas sale at Independence. Both 

 these sales were particularly unfortunate in that 

 farmers had been kept out of the fields for sev- 

 eral weeks and were just well started sowing 



