862 A HISTOET OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



garded as a bargain figure for the capital yearling 

 bull Onward 19th, by March On 6th. He was taken 

 by Benton Gabbert. During the International at 

 Chicago 71 head were sold on Dec. 3 at an average 

 of $168.75. The highest mark made here was 

 $1,400 for the two-year-old bull Prairie Donald 

 139616, offered by the Stanton Breeding Farms, 

 Madison, Neb., and bought by "William Eeynolds, 

 Lusk, Wyo.' Only four females in the entire lot 

 reached the $400 mark. These were all daughters 

 of Beau Donald and bred by W. H," Curtice. At 

 Kansas City on Dec. 10 and 11 C. A. Stannard and 

 Mrs. Kate Wilder Cross sold from Sunny Slope 

 Farm, Emporia, Kans., 100 head for an average of 

 $172.90. Mr. Stannard 's yearling show bull Keep 

 On 26th by imp. Keep On was taken by the Messrs. 

 Harris at $600. 



One of the regrettable incidents of this general 

 liquidating movement was the enforced closing-out 

 of the Sotham herd at Chillicothe, Mo., the disper- 

 sion occurring at the farm on Dec. 15. The show 

 bull FulfiUer went to 0. Harris at $1,510. He was 

 sired by Improver, and was a son of the beautiful 

 Benison by Protection, second dam Benita by Cor- 

 rector. Protection was by Corrector out of a daugh- 

 ter of Royal Grove. The 128 head averaged only 

 $120.65.* 



'Speaking of this event "The Breeder's Gazette" commented 

 at the time as follows: 



"The results of Mr. Sotham's life-work as a breeder of Here- 

 fords were scattered on Dec. 15 at sheriff's sale. William MofTatt, 

 Paw Paw, 111., foreclosed a mortgage which he held on the herd 

 and sold It out. Mr. Sotham had relied on a promise of financial 

 aid which would have enabled him to save the cream of the 

 herd and retain it under his management, but this failed him 

 almost at the last minute, when it was .too late to organize a local 



