The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-05-30
CATTLE BRING $1,000
PUREBRED H0lSTEINS SOLD
SATURDAY AFTERNOON
HIGH GRADE ANIMALS
One Cow Brought Ss25; Taken
Over BY NARROW and
Randall

Thirty-one pure bred .Holstein cat
tie, sold at the fair graunds Saturda,
Afternoon, brought a total of $1,000
This wac probably the highest pric,
sale of prize cattle ever held in Blu,
Earth county and it marks an epocl
in live stock history here. Through
out the county farmers are stockin.
their farms with some of the bes
stock in this part of the northwest.
Prize cattle thatl We're ON sale Sat
| urday We're brought here from Wis
consin, being some of the best Hol
stems of that state, secured at bar
gain. The cattle were sold at jus
| cost plus the transportation here ant
it was praiseworthy effort of the
Tri- County Holstein association one
the National Citizens bank to USE
their efforts to get this fine lot OF
stock into the county.
Sold One at Time.
The cows were all placed in the
barn at the fair grounds and mum
bered so that prospective buyers
could look them over and know the
number when they were brought uI
on sale. The cattle were brought
out one at time County Agent NJ
r. Benedict read the pedigree and
record of the animal, showed Off the
good points and then each farmer
who desired to buy the animal wrote
his name on a slip of paper, the slips
were placed in a hat and the man
whose name was drawn got the cow.
Thirty one cattle were bought and
only four of the number shipped here
were left. Many of the cows were
coming in and farmers who bought
theAot will have thoroughbred cali
in ae1few months also. The highest
price COW at 1925 was sold to NARROW
and Randall and was an exceptionally
fine animal. That prize cattle are en-.
titled to high consideration will be
seen from the fact that following the
sale one of the pure bred calves pur-
chased was taken to the NARROW and
Randall farm, occupying the rear
seat of an automobile.
Nearly three hundred farmers
were present at the sale and the com
petition for the various animals ON
sale was brisk in most instances.
The cattle purchased according to
their number, purchased and price
were as follows:
Those Who Purchased.
No. Is bought by Emil Lutz, S445;
No. Al, Henry Evans, $3.50; No. 81, F.
r. Wilds, $195; No. 1887 NARROW and
Randall $685.; No. 26, Emil Lutz,
$515; No. 31a, a little calf, NARROW and
Randall; $40; No. II. NARROW and
Randall, 1925; No. 10, NARROW and
Kendall, s525; No. 5, Genus Nichols,
$3.50; No. 1T, NARROW and Randall,
$1S5, calf; No. 105, Nelson Bros, $445,
this cow had a record of sixty four
Pounds OF milk per day; No. "a, Matt
Sanger, $215; No. 16, d.. E. Bowen,
SITE; No. 106, F. A. Frederickson,
S45G; No 50, Charles Lutz, $475;
No. 112, NARROW and Randall, $3.50;
No. 6, NARROW and Randall, S505; No.
10, Genus Nicholas, $355; Ne. 113,
A. ID. Mccormick, $305: No. Ill, L. R.
Mueller, $3.50; No. %, NARROW and
Randall, $50; No. 3, Even Williams,
$265; No. 10S, Wally Anderson, Lake
Crystal, $3.50; No. 81 one half, NARROW
and Randall, calf; No. 80, Nelson
Bros, $500; No. 107, George e. Aus
tin, $3.50; No. 81, George McCarger,
$3.50; No. 102, MARROW and Randall,
$405; No. 20, A, d Stamford, S315; No.
1O1, A. ID. Mccormick, $3.50; No. %,
d. e. Bowen, S195.