Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-08-22
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FRIDAY MORNING. AUG. %, 1875
The Great Sheep and Cattle Sale.


The Great Sheep and Cattle Sale.
A LUCKY DAY FOR BUYERs-Low PRICES
FOR THOROUGHBREDs-Ov THOU
SAND PERSONS PREsENT--AUGUSTA
COUNTY WELL REPRESENTED.
(RepOrted for the Staunton VINDICATOR)
s'The interest in sheep raising In our
section Of Augusta is growing" said Mr..
Frank Larew to the reporter as we sat in
the cars Wednesday morning on the way
to Strathmoor farm in Shenandoah. ''In
the last few years some thirty people who
never tried it before have commenced rails
ing them. Some five years ago 1 bought
five and now we have flock of fifty. It
is only a few days ago that we sold five
for $12 each. So you see tit pays WE'LL"
Looking around the cars it appeared that
Mr.. Larew's remarks about the increase
of interest was true, for saw from Au-
gusta county alone, Messrs. A. M. Bow
man, the owner of the famous Bellevue
stock farm, John H. Crawford, W. B.
Crawford, VIM. b. Craig, Lewis Hartman.
J. Mop. Crawford, John H. Parkins, VIM.
F. Smith. W.T.. Wallace. DR.. J. M. Wat
son, C. Benton Coiner, f. II. Bell, DR.. D.
W. Hanger, M. F. Gilkeson, Alex. A.
McCue, J. r. Kemper. J. McComb, N. H
Hanger, Meade F. White, S. Fl. McCue,
H. H. Hamilton, D. A. Bell, Ed. A. Hamil-
ton, Arch. &. Christian, John w. OFT,
Jos. N. Ryan and others. On the way
down DR.. A. M. Henkel of Staunton, VINO
purchased at the same sale last year a fine
buck for his Page county farm, told me
that the purchase had turned out most
proftably. On arriving at Strathmoor the
same convenient arrangements for the
comfort of the visitors that were made by
Gen. Meem last year were repeated on a
larger scale. The large arbor with its
rising semi-circle of seats, the arbors I'M
der which the sheep stood each having on
a little leather halter and in his ear met
al tag with his number stamped on it, the
tent covered bench for the reporters. tie
barrels of water on wheels with plenty OF
ice in it, and at short distance the great
barn which contained the refreshments.
These refreshments are worthy of sep.
crate word. Thirteen sheep had been
killed and cooked and Vulnerable hams
cut up, for the meat. Every five steps
there was a barrel sized tin filled with
sweet or buttermilk, around which was
packed ice, and behind these were immense
piles of bread and baskets of tomatoes.
The quantity of all was profuse.
WHO WE'RE THERE.
After the arrival of the train from dow n
the Valley surveyed the crowd, and
found it included people from MARYLAND
West Virginia, Tennessee and Virginia
Among them I saw the great farmer,
Robert Beverly, of Fauquier; Hon. Jno
T. Harris; DR.. R. A. Wise, of Williams
burg, member OF the State Central Con.
sentative Committee; Judge Henry G.
Allen, David M. Henkle and HI. H. Riddle.
berger, OF Shenandoah; Maj. r. W. Hun.
ter, of the Winchester ''Times;" Jno. A
Miller, President of the Shenandoah Val
ley Agricultural Society; Douglas Gordon
the millionaire of Baltimore, who has a
farm in Rappahannock; Gen. J. E.Roller
of Rockingham; Col. Henry Is. Daven.
port, of Jefferson county, son-in-law oil
Brutus Clay, of KY. and whose estate is
one of the most beautiful in West Vir
ginia; Leo. p. Wheat, the famous must.
clan, who has one of the most beautiful
farms in Clarke co., and who has shown
such good judgment as a sheep-raiser that
his last lambs weighed ninety pounds
Hugh M. Nelson, of Clarke, a noted stock.
raiser, and the owner Of an imported Ara.
bian stallion Geo. Baker, a successful
agriculturist of Frederick, and the only
one of the well-known Baker brothers who
has chosen that pursuit; R. W. Harri
son, of Stevensburg, Geo. Chrisman, OF
Rockingham; Geo. W. Rosenberger. OF
New Market, and Slaughter Ficklen, of
Albermarle, all noted stock raisers. Joseph
Wilmer, of Culpeper, a son of Bishop
Wilmer; S. W. M. Peters, Of Berkeley,
who has the finest thoroughbreds in that
part of the country, and Col. Robt. Bay
lor of Frederick.
THE SHEEP SALE
commenced about noon, Col. L. P. Muir,
OF KY, the auctioneer, taking his stand,
which fronted the. audience, with half
dozen cOlored men at side entrance,
holding the sheep by the halters ready to
run them up to- the stand. Gen. Me EN-
briefly explained that the sheep were bred
by the Clays, Bedford. Gilman, Megibbon I,
Ofutt and other noted breeders of Ken
lucky, and that the cattle which would be
subsequently offered were bred by the
Hamilt ons, VanMeter, Allison. Barton,
Clay and other breeders of the same State;
that there should be no by-bidding, and
everything offered would be sold for just
what was offered for it unless permission
was given him to withdraw it. ALI bids
under $50 were to be cash. The selling
commenced with the
soUTHDowN RAMS.
The first, No. 254, was sold in twenty
seconds by the watch. to Jno. A. Miller, of
Frederick, for 500. The next, No. 1852,
was started at 500, and after getting $2l,
$22, 1923 and 1924 bids, was Knocked off
at the last to the same buyer. The next
was sold to S. W. M. Peters, of w. Va,
at $21. The next, No. 260: was bought by
Lewis Hartman, of Augusta, at $22 Then
prices started up, and bucks were knock
ed down to W. Fl. Hall, of Winchester, at
$2S; q. J. Brock, of Rockingham. at $24;
W. y. Smith, of W. Va, at s34; W. II.
Hall, at $34. All these we're bred by Bed
ford. Then came a lot bred by Kiser,
which varied in price from $21 to $26. In
this lot J. R. Kemper, of Fishersville,
bought a. buck at 1924. Next was a lot
bred by M. M. Clay, which ran from $21
10 $2e. Among the purchasers Of the
was Leo. 2. Wheat. who