A HISTORY OP SHORTHORNS IN KANSAfJ 1-i'J 



held May 15, 1920, by Park E. Salter of A¥icMta 

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

 held imder unfavorable financial conditions but 

 the i^rices I'eeeived proved conclusively that first- 

 class SlK^rthorns will sell for top prices under 

 almost any conditions. The account follows : 



Park E. Salter of Wieliita and J. C. Rol)isoii of Towanda, 

 Kansas held a ]iartne]'s]iip sale of tShorthorns in the Forum 

 at Wichita Saturday, selling' 48 cattle for $G4,775 or an 

 average of $1,339.37. The Salter offerino; of 20 head 

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

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

 E. Salter, there were a numher of show aidmals, including 

 the grand champion, Lady Supreme, which sold to Frauk 

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

 Sultan 1)3' Snowbird's Sidtan 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 ]iaid 

 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 ]\Ir. 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 hy William 

 Duthie. The Shorthorn fraternity was well represented, 

 breeders being present from Nebraska, Iowa, Mississippi, 



