CONCLUSION 



Tlie year 1920 ushered in a readjustment in 

 pi'ices In'ou^-lit about by wai'tinie conditions, 

 whicli, ('(lining several years S()( )ner tlian expected, 

 liad a luarl^ed effect on prices paid for Sliort- 

 liorns. It is tlie general impression that prices 

 ai-e more nearly stable than they have been since 

 ]f)15 and that but little, if any, reduction from 

 jn-esent range of s'alues will take place. Good 

 Shorthorns are now selling and will continue to 

 sell at 1 trices that will make their production 

 vei'}' profitable. The wide market for cattle of 

 this breed insures a steady and healthy demand 

 for all the good specimens that can l)e pi'oduced 

 and the placing of values on a permanent basis 

 will encourage many farmers in making a start 

 with the I'eds, whites and roans. 



Some early summer sales held vahu'S well, but 

 nearly all later ones witnessed sharply reduced 

 ])rices. In June ('*ol. H. L. Burgess S(_)ld forty 

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

 $1025 f(.)r 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 l)een kept out of the fields for sev- 

 eral weeks and were just well started sowing 



