The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-11-08
FIRST SALE OF SHORT
HORN CATTLE A SUCCESS
Large Crowd Of Buyers From Sur
rounding Territory Present-zGOOd
Prices Prevailed.

A great throng Of men and women
gathered at the Home Warehouse this
afternoon to witness the first sale of
Short Horn Cattle by the Maysville
District Short Horn Breeders Asso-
citation comprising breeders from
Adams, Brown, Lewis and Mason
counties. Mr.. w. II. Holten of Trim
ity, Ky, was sales manager and Mr..
Francis Mcintyre, secretary.
An attractive lot of cattle, careful
ly selected and suitable for all pur-
poses, were sold. In putting on this
sale it is the intention of the manage
ment to make it the first of a series of
offerings and they have spared no eff
forts, having in mind its success, to
have a lot of cattle that are equal
to the beest offered
Among the list of consignors we find
the names of such prominent breeders
as Messrs. Shanklin G. Burns of John
son Junction, w. G. Pickerill, Russell
vile, Ohio, Bare Bros, and Sirabry,
Sardinia, Ohio, Holten Cattle Co, Rip
ley, Ohio, c. r. Roush, Manchester, o.,
H. c. Hamilton, Aberdeen, O., James
Blair, Elizaville, C. d. Asbury, Mt. Oil
vet, and Messrs. Reed, Anderson, Nc
lntyre, Newell, James and Mark Bran
non and Mrs. Frances Calvert of
Maysville, Ky.
Mr.. s. F. Reed called the gathering
together and explained the purpose of
the sale, commented upon the man
agement of the Home Warehouse and
urged that the breeding of high grade
cattle, such as the Short Horn breed,
be continued. Mr.. Reed has zeen an
exponent of the raising of. fine high
grade cattle for quite a while and has
| demonstrated his interest in advanc-
ing the cattle interests of this COM
munity by his activity in making the
local stock sales a success.
Mr.. Reed then introduced Mr.. F. w.
Harting, Secretary of the American
Short Horn Breeders Association who
told of the wonderful work being done
by that Associatio min farthering the
| interests of these high grade cattle.
stating that the Association had
grown from very small organization
few years ago until at the present
time its business aggregates the an
nual sum of $250,000 which is receiv-
ed as registration and other fees. He
| stated that this amount of money was
being turned back into the Association
for development purposes. They have
done a great work along this line, hav-
ing at present six district representa-
| tives scattered through the United
States, whose business it is to cooper
ate with such organizations as the
local one and individuals interested in
market.
Mr.. William Johnson, representing
the Short Horn World magazine, was
then introduced and though being
short of stature he proved to be a
big man capable of sending home to
his audience truths relating to the de-
velopment of the Short Horn business
He said he could recall few years
back when Kentucky was recognized
as the most prominent Short Horn
cattle state in the Union, and he was
glad to learn of the present increased
interest in high grade stock raising.
Mr.. Reed then introduced the auc-
| tioneers for the day: Mr.. ]. ]. Yerian,
London, Ohio; Earl Gartin, Green's
burg, Ind; Col Hatfield of Ohio, and
Hensley Hawkins, of MaysIick.
When the sale opened there were
noticed amongst the bidders some of
the largest buyers of high grade cattle
in some ten adjoining counties The
first calf brought $4,000, being pur-
chased by Mr.. C. w. Sirabry of Sar-
diana, Ohio; the second by ]. w. Knox
of West Union, Ohio, brought $40 and
third also by Mr.. Knox for 1915.
Stanley Bicycle, aged 3, died at the