THE RAMBOUILLET 



531 



Big Chief, by Wyoming Boy, consigned by F. S. King Brothers 

 Company of Wyoming, sold for ^1300 to Hobbs and Gillett of 

 Idaho. John H. Seely sold to Dell Pratt a ram for ^1325. A 

 ram consigned by Illinois University brought ^675. In all, 

 168 Rambouillet stud rams brought ^39,985, an average of ^238, 

 and 362 ewes brought an average of ^46.29. At the 1918 sale 



Fig. 239. The shepherd and his flock at Rambouillet, France. From photograph 



by the author 



a two-year-old ram was sold by John H. Seely to C. N. Stillman 



of Utah for ^6200, the top price for the breed. The Butterfield 



Sheep Company sold the ram Butterfield's Model to Bullard 



Brothers of California for ;^3000, and other rams sold for $1500, 



^1200, ^iioo, and ^1000 respectively. Bullard Brothers sold a 



pen of 24 yearling rams for ^300 a head. Seely sold to Hobbs 



and Gillett 3 ewes for ^1375, and King Brothers sold 10 yearling 



ewes for ^150 each. Illinois University consigned 5 rams that 



averaged ^425 a head. At the 19 19 ram sale at Salt Lake City, 



Illinois University sold to the Butterfield Live-Stock Company 



of Idaho a ram for $1600, the top price of the sale. One other 



ram was sold by F. S. King Brothers Company for ^1500, 

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