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which Jumbo 45 sold for ^2000, Peacock for ^1500, Boyd's 

 Monarch for ^1500, and the Douglas jack for $1150. From 

 another importation the jack King James sold for ^2000. In 

 Kentucky numerous jacks have sold at prices ranging from ^1000 

 to ^2500. The jack Moro Castle sold for $5000 to M. H. Mays 

 of Maury County, Tennessee, the high price up to 19 18. At a 

 notable sale of L. M. Monsees, Pettis County, Missouri, in 191 1, 

 the jack Bearytone Mammoth 2466 brought ^3030. The first 

 five jacks in this sale averaged $1927, the first ten $1666. The 

 highest-priced jennet brought ^I37S, and five of these females 

 averaged ^1006. At a sale in 19 16 by Monsees and Sons the 

 jack Belle Boy of the Grand Champions 10734 sold for ^3750, 

 while the jennet Belle of the Grand Champions II 10730 sold 

 for ^2600, the top price for a jennet. 



The distribution of jacks and jennets in America is widespread, 

 especially in the states south of about 40° north latitude, 

 Kentucky, Missouri, and Tennessee being noted for stock of 

 this kind. Jacks, however, are being used in increasing numbers 

 in the North. 



Associations for the promotion of jacks and jennets in America 

 have their headquarters in Tennessee and Kansas City. The 

 American Breeders' Association of Jacks and Jennets was 

 organized as a stock company at Springfield, Illinois, in 1888. 

 Thirteen volumes of studbooks have been issued up to 19 17. 

 The office of this association has been in Tennessee since its 

 founding. In 1908 there was organized at Kansas City the Stand- 

 ard Jack and Jennet Registry of America. This is now a strong 

 and prosperous association and has published three volumes of 

 studbooks up to 1919. Up to October 6, 19 19, this association 

 had recorded 18,215 jacks and jennets. There is also an associa- 

 tion in France for registration of the Poitou jack. 



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