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Leading Imported Jersey Bulls to January i, 19 i8 



Prices for Jersey cattle have soared very high, but as there 

 are large numbers of animals of the breed one may find values 

 of all degrees from high to low. Many notable sales have been 

 held during the past both in England and America but more 

 especially in the United States. When the Dauncey herd was 

 dispersed in England in 1867 ninety animals averaged in excess 

 of ^2CO each. For many years T. S. Cooper of Pennsylvania 

 has been the most noted figure in selling high-class Jerseys at 

 long prices. In 1882 he astonished the Jersey world by buying 

 Pedro 3187 at private sale for ^10,000. On May 17 and 18, 

 1883, in the American Institute building in New York City, 

 Mr. Cooper disposed of 119 animals for ^11 3, 3 7°, an average 

 of ;^9S2.68 each. The average for 82 cows and heifers over a 

 year old was ^1172.68, and the 57 top-selling females averaged 

 ^1553.15. This was one of the most notable sales of the breed. 

 On May 30, 1900, Mr. Cooper adopted the custom of holding 

 an annual Decoration Day sale for Island-bred cattle, which is 

 the most notable event of its kind in Jersey annals. In his 19 18 

 catalogue Mr. Cooper states that in seventeen successive years 

 (excepting 191 S, when no sale was held) he sold 2082 animals, 

 imported and home bred, for a total of $1,093,760, or an aver- 

 age of $525 per head. No other man has brought so many noted 

 animals from the Island as has Mr. Cooper, and among these 

 the following are given^s^topgii^ A^e^ales for the year indicated : 



