The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1920-03-24
ONE OF JOHN HITCHE'S HEIFERS
BROUGHT SUM OF $2700 AND
ONE OF YEARoUT'S BROUGHT
$245O.
The Angus Sale!

lie angus OdlS'
Thursday and Friday, March 18,
and 10th were memorable days for
the livestock interests of Biount
county. The breeders of Angus cat
tie should be proud of the record
they made, and the county as whole
should be proud Of the sales of those
two days. 110 head of cattle brought
about $4,000. The Blackbird heifer
of Mr.. John Hitch brought the top
figures in the sales at $2700, and the
dam of this heifer sold at the second
highest price at $245O in Mr.. Year
outs consignment.
The finest spirit of cooperation
ever seen in any community has been
manifested at the three last sales
held in Blount county. The business
men of Maryville offered their cars
more than were needed to carry
the visiting buyers to the sales
ground. The Poland-Chi men and
Holstein men and other livestock
men of the county were present just
as anxious as the Angus men them
selves to help make the sales q
success. The Kiwanis Club of Mary
ville-Alcoa had already appointed a
Reception Committee which were in
town early and at the trains to meet
the visitors and see that they had
whatever attention and courtesies
that could be extended. The team
work displayed and the spirit of
whole hearted cooperation helped the
sales very materially.
Notwithstanding the outstanding
success of Mr.. Hutton's sale of Feb
ruary, and of the two Angus sales
held on March 18th and 10th, there
are still some things which we need
to consider and remedy before we
attain the goal to which we are striv-
ing. There are some lessons which |
we should get from the sales to guide
us in future efforts. In the first
place, we need grounds and pavil
lion for holding these cooperative
sales. The weather on the day of
the Foland-China Sale, and on the
second day of the Angus Sales made
it difficult to really make the show
ing that should have been made.
There is no doubt but that each of
these two sales would have brought
more returns had they been held in
grounds prepared for such sales, and
in a real sales pavilion where the
visitors could have been given an op-
portunity to get to the grounds early
and look over the offerings and then
been seated with plenty of room to
look over the animals and judge them
when they came into the ring.
Another thing which the sales
brought out was the fact that though
we have almost 100 scrub bulls and
Al scrub boars in Blount county, yet
men will sit by and see good purebred
bulls go at d sacrifice and keep the
scrubs they have rather than put
few dollars into a good bull.
The greatest advantage of the
purebred herds of cattle and hogs to
the county lies in effect which these
herds influence the grade herds of |
livestock which we have. This effect
can only be felt through the use of
pure bred sires. There is no excuse
for any owner of grade Angus keep
ing grade or scub Angus bull when |
purebred bulls go as cheap as they
went in these sales. There is no eA-
cuse for hog raisers to keep a grade |
or scrub boar when they can ex-
change that scrub for a purebred at
an even swap-hog for hog. But |
this all takes time. The spirit of
progress is in the air. The hearts of |
our people are right, and they are
working together regardless of da- i
ference of interests for. the success
of all. The sales were the best sales
that have ever been held in the
county, and we have just begun. The
big heartedness of our breeders, their
frankness, and spirit of honesty and |
fair dealing, coupled with the merit
they are putting into their animals
yes, and the steady, strong pull of all
of the forces of the county together
means that we are going to move
away our obstacles and build the
highways of our county's success.
Yearout and Others
Angus Buyers and Prices Paid
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