La Junta tribune., 1917-05-31
OUR FIRST DAIRY SALE
Thirty-nine Head Of High Grade
Dairy Cows Brought In From
Northern Part OF State

The first shipment of cows for the
La Junta Industrial Association ar
rived In this city last Friday night.
They were In charge OF H. J. Loose.
of the Horse Creek country, and were
selected for the La Junta Industrial
Association from some OF the best
herds around Fort Lupton, Johnston
and Milliken, which is the dairy Sec
ton of the northern part of the state.
All of the cows were guaranteed to
produce from 40 to so pounds Of
milk per day. The shipment was
on the road for forty-eight hours,
and was under the constant care Of
Mr.. Loose and his assistants night
and day. One OF the cows was
milked on the train and gave five
gallons of milk.
The cows were placed In the feed
corral of the La Junta Trading Com
pany on Belleview avenue, between
First and Second streets. Three
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by Secretary Hearnsberger. OF the
La Junta Industrial Association, no.
tifying the farmers that the cows
would be offered for sale at actual
cost on Saturday afternoon at :
o'clock Between thirty and forty far
mers attended the sale, and up to
tho TINA OF ~ al % A,.n A.
six Of the cows were sold. Each one
Of the animals was numbered. and
the buyers made their selection BY
number and paid the actual cost Of
the COW plus the freight.
Thirty cows OF the shipment Of
thirty-nine were sold up to Monday
noon. and the total amount received
from the sale was $3.s4s. The re-
naming nine cows were taken by
Mr.. Loose to his ranch In the Horse
Creek country where they will be
sold by him to his neighbors. who
have the utmost confidence In HE
judgment and are always ready to
buy cows whenever they are passed
upon favorably by him. sis---
Mr.. Loose left Monday night for
the dairy section around Greeley
where he has arranged to purchase
two more carloads OF first-cinss
dairy cows and the shipment is ex-
pected to arrive In La Junta on
Thursday or Friday of this week.
They will be offered for sale on Sat-
urday at the feed corral OF the La
Junta Trading Company on West
Second street. Farmers who are
looking for first-class dairy cows
are urged to attend this sale.
II Is the Intention OF the La Junta
Industrial Association to ship In q
carload of cows each week Just as
long ms there is market for them.
This Is the most important feature
OF the effort that Is being made to
establish the dairy industry In this
section. and the officers OF the asso-
citation intend TO keep up the good
work OF bringing cows to La Junta
Just as long as buyers are found TO
take them off their hands.
The farmers who made purchases
from tho first shipment. with tho
number bought and price paid. are
as follows:
Tony Jeppeson. three cows. s36t:
o. l.. Robinson. four cows. 1868:
Emma Casteei. three cows. 1886:
W. I. Jaggers. three cows. s37G:
George Dorsch. one COW. si27:
Henry schmpf. one COW. sie7: II.
A. Hansen. five cows. SS3i: NJ. II.
Stone. two cows. Se0t: J. r. Good
ner, one COW. sl3e: A. O. showaiter.
one COW. sl52; C. Z. LIggett. three
cows. st7%: f. N. Shank. one COW.
si3?: A. J. Rcagor. one COW. $50:
p. c. Garrett. one COW. sIl5.
The highest price received for an
individual COW was $40. and tho
lowest &s2. The top price COW
lacked one sixteenth OF being q pure
bred Hoistein. and was the one that
gave five gallons OF milk coming
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