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average of $1865, and 13 bulls averaged ^3457, one of which, 

 Anoka Omega 698327, brought ^12,000. In a sale of Carpenter 

 & Ross of Ohio at Chicago on June 20, 19 18, sixteen bulls 

 averaged ;^28oo, one hundred and six females ;?i386, and one 

 hundred and twenty-two in all brought a total of $192,982, or 

 an average of $1370. In this sale H. S. Black of Mansfield, 

 Ohio, paid $20,000 for the yearling bull Rodney. In a sale held 

 by this same firm June 24 and 25, 1919, in Chicago, 38 bulls 

 averaged $3484, while 172 head of both sexes brought a total of 

 ^378.505, or an average of $2200. The imported yearling bull 

 Cudham Dreadnought was sold to Hay Brown of Illinois for 

 $19,500. In June, 191 8, Bellows Brothers of Missouri sold 65 

 head for an average of $1709, the bull Village Supreme 423865 

 bringing $16,500. On May 15, 1919, H. C. Lookabaugh, 

 Watonga, Oklahoma, sold 38 head for $111,850, an average of 

 $2943. Three bulls averaged $10,316, and one of them. Fair 

 Acres Sultan. Jr. 596263, brought $17,250. According to ""the 

 Shorthorn hi America," ii,Oii Shorthorns were sold in America 

 at 199 public sales, during 1918, for $5,664,936, or at an average 

 of $514. According to Mr. F. P. Mathews,^ in 1916 there were 

 sold in England 5838 Shorthorns for the average price of about 

 $300 per head. Among the greatest Shorthorn sales in recent 

 years have been those held in North Scotland, more especially 

 the bull sales of Mr. William Duthie. In 191 5 eighteen Short- 

 horn bull calves of Mr. Duthie averaged $1744, in 19 16 twenty- 

 three averaged $3083, in 1917 twenty-four averaged $3279.50, 

 and in 19 18 twenty averaged about $5450. At the 19 17 sale the 

 calf Collynie Lavender King brought $14,175. At the Perth, 

 Scotland, sales in February, 191 8, there were sold 434 bulls at 

 an average price of $772. Two bulls made high records in the 

 Scotch sales at this time — Pride of Millhills at Perth bringing 

 $16,275 and Proud Conqueror at Aberdeen, $16,800. At the 

 19 1 9 February sales abroad Cluny Proud Augustus at Perth sold 

 for $20,000, Pierrepont Golden Prince and Windsor Knight at 

 Birmingham each brought $21,000, and Gartley Lancer at Penrith 

 topped all British records at $23,750. In recent years milking 

 Shorthorns have also brought very high prices. In October, 19 16, 



1 Live Stock Journal Almanac (1917), p. 94. 

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