The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-04-24
CHEAP CATTLE.
Prices at the stock-Yards sale Not Com
mansnrnfe With the Pedirrees

mensurate With the Pedigrees.
The fourth annual sale of short-borns by the
Marion county short-horn breeders association
began at the Union stock-yards Thursday. The
owners of the stock were Balls & Lout, Christian
& Son and Mr.. Folsom, and some very pretty
| blooded animals were offered. Buyers were
present from many parts of the state and quite
a number of stockmen from Illinois will take
some of the Hoosier bloods to their prairie
| farms.
There seemed to be fair demand for bulls
the prices paid ranging from SO to $50,
though when the fine bull of Messrs. Balls &
Lout Wild Eyed Lad, whose pedigree was OF
the highest order, was placed on the block a
bid oil but $50 could be secured to start with
and this was changed at once by Mr.. Christian
to $780, Col. Edmundson, the auctiOnecr, de-
claring he could not and would not sell him for
less. Alter futile attempts 70 increase Christ
ian's bid 50 the auctioneer requested the
with drawal of the bid which was
done willingly, though E6mundson
assured the bystanders that Messrs.
Balls and Lout were not kicking at the price
he did 1t on his own responsibility. The
full brother to the animal was recently sold for
$40.
This was the most serious cut on prices in
the sale OF bulls during the day, all the others
commanding fair, and some good prices
Some OF the finest cows in the state commanded
no better prices than ordinary scrub stock; one
Rose OF Sharon, four years old, whose sire. the
Duke of Oneida, sold for $4,000, fetched but
500 Mr.. Balls paying $3.50 'or her when but a
calf
Mr. Light of Scotland, ILL.,, paid S45 for a
COW six years old which would drop a calf
about May l. The animal had cost $3.50, and
before the hammer went down Mr.. FOlsOme
agreed to pay $50 for the calf at weaving time
Another thoroughbred was sold for SIS, Mr.. Fol-
some making the same offer; thus the COW cost
but her feed and care for few months at the
most.
A lively interest was taken by some city
butchers, they on two or three occasions buy
ing some of the choicest stock at butchers
prices. More than once Col. Edmonson re-
fused to entertain bids from them, so dscour-
aging they seemed to the breeders.
A most beautiful lot consisting OF COW and
her three heller calves, all of the Rose of
Sharon and Highland blood, the property of
Messrs. Balls & LOut, were introduced and
sold singly. OF all the stock sold none was
the source of deeper interest and livlier bid
| ding than these. The mother was easily dis
posed OF at 500, but when the oldest child
was led forward evidence of competition mani
tested itself, the chief bidders being Holloway
and Miller of indianapolis This ended in a
sale to Holloway at $50. The second was
| brought forward and with the same results
| Holloway and Miller both wanting her badly
| but she was bid in by Holloway at $50.
Inc lnlFu now was uSlereu 70 the CIRCLE ana
| the same stormy scenes were repeated with a
victory for Mr.. Miller at $780, This last animal
was pronounced the finest in her line OF any
! thing that was offered. Her pedigree is: Sire.
| Duke OF Sharon, pure Rose of Sharon. by
Airdrie Sd; dam, Rosebud 18th by 18th Duke of
Geneva, Rosebud 9TH by Duke of Airdrie 18th /;
| caIved Feb. 90 1888; bred by Balls & LOut.
Many others of equally as brilliant pedigree
/ were sold, though but few, if any, were offered
/ that caused more genuine interest.
Among the frequent and highest bidders
were Mesrs. Holloway Miller Martindale and
| Alexander from the city, Mr.. Light from Scot
land, ILL.,, and Mr.. Webber from Ingraham,
| Ill, and Mr.. holland from Shelbyville Ind.
| Many others from Danville, Pendleton, Cam
| bridge City and other neighbOring cities and
! towns were present. The owners of stock ex-
/ pressed themselves satisfied with the sale
and demand for bulls but they were extremely
disappointed at the further sales. They at
/ tribute the low bidding to the fact that breeders
/ are becoming pretty generally supplicd-hav-
/ ing their farms well stocked.
The sales will aggregate between $1,000 and
| $4,000, though, with the proper prices paid for
cows and calves, this amount could have been
| dOubiad