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from 30 to 100 days," being the only cow to have made two seven- 

 day records averaging over 45 pounds each. The high price for a 

 cow was also made at this sale, Wandermeere Belle Hengerveld 

 193784, consigned by E. Le Roy Pelletier of Michigan, selling 

 for $18,300 to Shanahan & Dold Brothers of New York. At 

 this same sale 143 cattle, consigned by thirty or more breeders, 

 brought ^296,470, and 59 animals sold for $1000 or more per 

 head. In June, 19 18, in a combination sale at Milwaukee, Wis- 

 consin, new records were made, 175 head bringing a total of 

 ;^42S,8io, an average of $2433 each. On this occasion the bull 

 calf Carnation King Sylvia 231405, consigned by A. C. Hardy 

 of Ontario, Canada, was purchased by the Carnation Stock Farm 

 of California for $106,000. At this same sale the cow Het-Loo 

 Pietertje 38502 was sold for $12,750 to Lisle Farm Company of 

 Illinois, and the cow Idleaze Pontiac Lass 238652 was sold to 

 A. W. Green of Ohio for $13,000. Eight head brought figures 

 ranging from $10,000 to $106,000 each, a most sensational record. 

 The climax to all dairy-cattle sales up to date occurred May 27- 

 30, 1 9 19, in the dispersal sale of the Pine Grove Herd of Oliver 

 Cabana, Jr., Elma, New York, who sold 226 head for $754,270, an 

 average of $3337. The bull Rag Apple the Great 230798 sold to 

 Robert R. Pointer, Detroit, Michigan, for $125,000. A. W. Green, 

 Middlefield, Ohio, bought Rag Apple Korndyke 8th 73416 for 

 $60,000, and before the sale- was over sold a half interest in him 

 for $50,000. Sixty-seven of his sons and daughters averaged 

 $4410. In this sale many animals passed the $10,000 mark. 

 The cow Segis Hengerveld Fayne Johanna 173739 sold for 

 $40,000 to Dold Brothers, Alden, New York, and Fairview 

 Korndyke Mata 169926 sold for $35,000 to J. T. Shanahan, 

 East Aurora, New York. An important purchase of the 1919 

 season was that of the bull King Pontiac Hengerveld Fayne by 

 R. E. Haeger of Illinois for $100,000. High prices for Holstein 

 cattle were also experienced in England, and these reached high 

 levels on June 17, 19 19, when at a sale held by Lord Rayleigh, 82 

 head brought an average of $1830. Four bulls averaged $8500, 

 and the imported cow Terling Jeltje 31st sold for 5300 guineas, 

 or $27,000. A heifer calf three months old, Terling Jeltje 2d, 



brought 2200 guineas, or $11,000. 



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