The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-06-15
HOES pEIN- FRIESIANS.
Does it Pay TO Raise Fine
Cattle?

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The dispersion sale of the Brookbank
herd of Hclstein- sesians. property OF
Thomas B. Wales Iowa City, Ia, 81
Cleveland, o.. Thursday, May II, con-
stituted the gre atest ev. Mt in the history
of the breed. It was great sale
great N the reputation of the breeder,
in the achievements of The cattle in the
show ring ana at The pail. III their con-
dition, IN the attendance, and, for this
time of depression. great in the results.
A total OF $50 ,065-an average of $455-
for the sixty -six head of cattle. is the
most gratifying and conclusive evil
dence lately furnished of the confidence
of breeders in the future OF the industry
and IF the selling qualities of tested
strains of breeding. Ina sending for
ward of such a herd Is Fab event IN
the history of any breed. but ouUstand-
ing as was It's merit, it was question
with many whether the undertaking
was not precarious in the lace Of mar
ket for pure-bred stock whose chief fea-
lures have been duilness and depression
The outcome, however. chang Il the ap-
preht nsion into cODgratulatlon and al
fords worthy elimination of care er
OF seventeen years as 81 imprOVer of this
race of cattle and besrs testimony to
Mr.. Wales uoexcsiled skill "a bre. Ge r.
which is gratifying ia the fullest sense
When it Is remem hered that oil but SIX
teen head of the entire numb Der sold were
bred at Brookhank, tha satisfaction of
the proprietor with tue result may be
better apprecia ted. IL view If this fact,
the dispersion of this herd, the result ol
one man S lioeraliiy. eklll and judgment
IN bIeadlDg, must be regarded as one Of
the greatest sales OF any breed ever re
gorded in the story of the industry in
America Ii Is needless to say that Hol-
stein triesian breeders were lubilant,
and well they may be; bat the intiuence
of this event will extend beyond the
bounds of even the dairy cattle breed
ing world and inspire general couf-
oenc9 in the value of we'll bred, well
handled, high-ciass stock.
The opening was quiet. but when the
famol 8 pflzo-winner. Tritomia, eptel e !
the arena a start of 81 QUO was the re-
ceptlon acoOI 0ed her, and it then be-
came apparent that the west and easg
had joined issue as to the possession OF
The "plumS," for between Jere Allis OF
I>inouIs, Mimi, and II. B. Dagcett
representing the Home Farm Fine
Stock Company, Hampton, Ia, for the
west. ana MesSrs. Taft, Robinson snd
others for The east, she wentto 81
1t which bid she became The property
of Mr.. Alhs. Tritomia's Mercedes
Prince, her calf by Microbes Prince
and an undefeated show bull. carried
he bidding still further. for Mr.. John
A. Frye of Marlboro, Mass, had come
expressly to buy him, but his final BID
OF 81 600 was cneeIfally raised by M
Alns, who secured the bull at 81, $50. Ii
was very evident that the pluckv
"weSterner' iptenC ed 10 have Gli
the Trit0mtas, Notwithstanding that
Others were like. minced, ana Tri
tomia ID, the yearlng by Netherlaud
Prince, and Tritomia Sd, the calf by
Mercedes Prince, fe to him after pro
longed struggles at$l,725 and ST 375 re-
spectively. Round after round OF ap-
plause greeted Mr.. Aiiis' plucky and
successful efforts to secure these coveted
lots, and the dderS from the east re-
garded With considerable surprise the
unassuming young man whose prompt
and persistent nOd captured from them
the CHOICEST of the Offering. lmkje's
Mercedes, the phannmeI al butter-mak-
irg 2-year-oId, also was sent to Mr..
Allis' Reliance sock farm on a bid of
81 1859, while g few ot1er high priced
purchases made him the heaviest bidder
" The sale. TTltOmla and her son anu
two daughters fetched a total of Sc 825.
an average OF 81, 7U6, which il is needless
to say. no other family of TIL,
Is to be greatly congratulated on Sc
curing such magniGo ant reinforcement
for his high class Reliance herd. MIR.
Frye obtained as great q bargain as was
sold in the old bull Mercedes Prince at
sl.l50, for the bull is richly worth a
greater price, Mr.. E. P. laft, Of
Providence, Z. l.. was heavy pur
chaser of high-priced lots, securing
among others the famous Young show
COW Amsterdam Doetie st 81 QUO, her
better by Mercedes Prince at $50
Fietje 9th at $670 and To1rmaline at
$3.50. Messrs. Charles Robinson & Son,
Barre Plains Mass also OBJ aimed quite
II number of the tops" amoug them
Mercedes I'd at $50 and the famous
old Mink at $525, while tho represent
stive of the Home Farm Fine Stock
Company, although a plucky bidder.
was reluctantly compelled to return
home without securing q single animal
all having gone beyond his limit. The
south came in for its share of good
things, as c., K. Harrison, PikeYille
Nd, and Jerry Baxter. Nashville,
Fem, were judiGious purchasers