632 A HISTORY OF SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 



wheat. It was impossible to get out the crowd. 

 Mr. Johnston sold a number and stopped the sale. 

 The Southeast association sold their entire offer- 

 ing to a very small crowd at low prices. On Oc- 

 tober 7, A. L. Harris sold thirty-five head at his 

 farm near Osage City at an average of about 

 $250 and the same day Frank H. Yeager sold in 

 Chase county at prices showing a decline of 25 

 per cent. The next day the Morris County 

 Breeders Association sale at Council Grove sold 

 a lot, nearly all in thin condition, that went beg- 

 ging for bids much above market value. On the 

 9th, Phillips Bros, dispersed their herd at Coun- 

 cil Grove at prices steady with 1920 spring sales. 

 Chas. Casement sold at Sedan on October 

 12, securing prices of a year earlier. The 

 sales at Ottawa and Pleasanton were fair and 

 the one at Fort Scott was a failure. The Allen 

 county association sold fifty head at Humboldt 

 at strong prices that showed but little decline. A 

 big sale held at Leavenworth on October 28, was 

 draggy and 40 per cent lower and the association 

 sale at Hiawatha was reported as much as 50 per 

 cent off from the high point. The American 

 Royal sale was probably 40 per cent below that 

 of 1919. North central Kansas sales held up 

 better, although there was a lowering tendency 

 all over the state. 



Shawnee county breeders made an excellent 

 offering December 15, and secured good prices. 



