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Champion Flying Fox 61441, ^7500 in 1902 ; Eminent 69631, 

 ^10,000 in 1905; Stockwell 75264, ^11,500 in 1907; Viola's 

 Golden Jolly 79314, ;^ 11,000 in 1909; Sultana's Oxford Lad 

 76506, ^11,100 in 1910; Noble of Oaklands 95700, ^15,000 

 in 191 1, and his dam. Lady Viola 238439, brought ^7000. On 

 May 2, 191 8, Mr. Edmond Butler of Mt. Kisco, New York, held a 

 sale, where 60 Jerseys brought a total of ^60,105, an average of 

 ^1001.91. On this occasion the cow Briar Flower, P. 18952 

 H. C. sold for ^10,000 to William Ross Proctor of New York, 



who in 1 9 1 6 purchased 

 the imported bull 

 Golden Fern's Noble 

 145762 for ^25,000. 

 Four very notable Jer- 

 sey sales were held in 

 1919. On June 16 

 Edward Gary, Carlton, 

 Oregon, sold 34 head 

 for ^36,145, an aver- 

 age of ^1063.09. In 

 June T. S. Cooper sold 

 91 head for $82,050, 

 an average of $901 .70. 

 Edmond Butler, on 

 August 4, sold 47 head 

 for $158,250, an av- 

 erage of $3367.02. 

 All records were broken in this sale, for the bull Sybil's Gamboge 

 (P. 5260 H. C.) sold to L. V. Walkley for $65,000. At this sale 

 1 5 daughters of this bull sold for $44,600 (an average of $2973.33), 

 one of which, Bagot's Gamboge Crocus 383430, brought $10,100. 

 On August 5, C. F. Sturhahns, Hartford, Connecticut, sold 32 

 head for $56,125, an average of $1753.91. On June i, 1918, at 

 the Hood Farm sale, Lowell, Massachusetts, the aged cow Sophie's 

 Agnes 296759, with the breed record for butter-fat production, 

 sold for $10,099 to Ayredale Stock Farm, Maine. Thus far 

 in the twentieth century the Jersey has steadily grown in popu- 

 larity, and each year the total number of animals sold at auction 



Fig. 148. Lady Aldan, P. 8470 H. C, one of the 

 most noted cows on Jersey. \Yinner of the highest 

 honors and dam of Golden Fern's Noble, the $25,000 

 bull. Owned by J. A. Perree, Oaklands, Jersey. Pho- 

 tographed at eighteen years of age by the author 



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