PROSPERITY REGAINED 907 



was significant, not so much because of the slight 

 appreciation in the general level, but as an evidence 

 that the inevitable reaction was setting in. Early 

 in the year Giltner Bros, sold privately the young 

 show bull British Highball to L. B. Burnet of Fort 

 Worth, Tex., at $1,500. In March Cornish & Patten 

 sold 117 head at Osborn, Mo., for an average of 

 $206.90, the Anaconda Copper _ outfit of Montana 

 paying $1,080 for Beau Carlos. At Kansas City on 

 March 9 in a combination sale 54 head averaged 

 $160, Mr. Cornish giving $775 for the yearling bull 

 Onward 71st. On March 24 Mr. Nave closed out 

 his cattle, 99 head in all, at an average of $140, 

 D. E. McConnell of Nebraska taking out the Prime 

 Lad bull Queen's Lad at $600. 



S. W. Anderson of West Virginia, who had been 

 for many years the leading defender of the faith in 

 the Virginias, dispersed his herd, making an aver- 

 age of $140 on 122 head. In September various Ken- 

 tucky breeders contributed 35 head to a sale at 

 Louisville that averaged $165.70, R. C. Hardeman of 

 West Virginia paying the top price of $1,025 for 

 Curtice's Beau Donald 87th. In October the com- 

 bination offering at Kansas City averaged $166.50 

 on 49 head, at which Mr. Cudahy gave $800 for 

 Prime Lad 38th. At Chicago in December 48 head 

 were disposed of at $191, William Reynolds of Wyo- 

 ming buying the Giltner show heifer Florence Acro- 

 bat at $700 and C. A. Tow of Iowa taking Makin's 

 Principal 6th at $960. 



Prime Lads at a Premium. — ^Enthusiasm again ran 



