The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-26
SALE BEGINS TUESDAY.
Thoroughbred Horses, Cattle and Hogs
viii Be Sold.

Next Tuesday February ?, will COM
mence the greatest combination sale of
fine stock in this city ever held in south
ern Kansas. There will be horses, cattle
and hogs consigned by the best breeders
in the west men whose names are a guar
antee that the stock are just what they
are represented, even if they did not
have the certified pedigree.
The first day of the sale, Tuesday, Will
be devoted TO the selling of fifty Perch
eron stations and mares. These horses
arc consigned by such well known breed
ers as j. w. and j. c. Robson, of To-
wanda, Kan; Avery & Son, OF Wakefield;
Snyder Bros, of Winfield, and Charles
l.. Covell. of Wellington
These horses are all from the best i'm
ported families and their form and color
make them the most desirable draft
horses in America. The Percheron horses
do not need anything to be said in their
favor at this time. They have won their
way into public favor and they are in
demand by all up-to-date breeders.
The man who raises a thoroughbred
racer or roadster may get n fair price
for his horse if he has the luck to find a
legal tender like wheat ana corn. He
can be shipped 10 any of the horse mar
kets of the world at any time ard be sold
for fair price. The draft horse of good
size and form is always In demand. and
the thing TO raise is what people want
Information received warrants the
statement that every one of these fifty
horses will be Sold not at cxtravagant.
hut at fair prices. 1t is reported that
in several neighborhoods farmers have
formed clubs TO buy stations for their
own use, simply because there are none
in their neishborhood What the farmers
want in the horse is size and action. and
they get both in these high bred Perch
erons. There will be great crowds of
people to see the fine stoca. bat it would
be well to remind the people that they
must not crowd out the men who come
to buy.
After the horse sale Will come the fine
cattle. Fifty head Of Shorthorn cattle.
all thoroughbred bulls and neifers will
be sold Wednesday. the Sd, and the fol-
lowing day, February 4. there will be the
same number of thoroughbred Hereford
bulls and heifers sold The Shorthoras
are consigned by J. W. and ]. c. Robin
son. of Towanda: ]. f. Stodder. OF Bur
den: T. X. Johnson & Sons. or Dover, and
Herrangton Bros, or Clearwater. The
Herefords ere consigned by Robert Ii.
Hazlet. w. L. Bass auG J. Condei. all OF
FL Dorado
These cattle ere put in fine condition
for the sale. and it will be a pleasure to
look at them They are all rcyaly bred.
having descended from the best strains
OF cattle in the world. The Shorthorns
and the Herefords all have their ad-
mirers. but they are both about as good
rs can be. and the preference for one
over the other is simply a fancy. Land
is getting high. and the time for raising
scrub cattle has passed. The farmers
are selling their common cattle and get
ting better stock because there Is more
money in the good cattle. The men who
come to this sale to get bulls or heifers
win get the royal blood. and there is not
much danger of paying too much for
them
On the fourth day OF the sale. February
9Th. the Poland-China hogs vii be in the
sale ring Eighty head or them. consign-
ed by such famous breeders as Snyder
NrothosAs ox Winfield; Elm Beach Farm,