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general brought good prices. At the Earl of Carnarvon's sale one 

 ram brought about ^550 and 100 yearling ewes averaged about 

 $35 each. At James Flower's Chilmark sale and ram letting, two 

 rams were let at 135 guineas ($675) each, the record for thirty- 

 two years up to that time, with several ram lambs selling for from 

 34 to jQ guineas ($170 to ^380). This was then regarded as 

 one of the memorable sales of the breed. In 191 2, at the Brit- 

 ford Sheep Fair held at Salisbury, England, a ram lamb bred by 



Fig. 272. Bishopstone Northington F821-25641 (imp.), a Hampshire Down ram 



sold for $1700 by Walnut Hall Farms, Donerail, Kentucky. From photograph, 



by courtesy of Robert S. Blastock, manager 



Mr. Flower sold to J. H. Ismay for 230 guineas ($1150), then 

 the record price for the breed. Remarkable prices have been 

 paid very recently in America for Hampshire Downs, especially 

 at the ram sales held at Salt Lake City, Utah. In 19 17, at this 

 sale, Walnut Hall Farm of Kentucky sold an imported ram to 

 D. F. Detweiler of Idaho for 1^1500, a new record for the breed. 

 John Nebeker also paid Walnut Hall Farm $750 for a ram. 

 Sixty-three of the top rams of the breed averaged $196 and 425 

 ewes averaged $72.81. At the 19 18 ram sale at Salt Lake City, 

 Walnut Hall Farm again broke the record in selling another ram 

 to Mr. Detweiler for $1700. Another was sold to the Wood Live 



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