The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-05-26
SOHRE SALE HELD
TODAY; FINE START
EXCELLENT LOT OF CATTLE
FROM GOOD THUNDER
FORTY NINE IN HERD
Purebred Stock Offered At Pa
vilion; Big Crowd Was In
Attendance.

Another big crowd was gathered
at the Mankato sales pavilion this
morning at eleven o'clock when the
dispersal of the F. H. Sohre & Son
herd of purebred Holsteins, com
posed of forty nine head of fine
dairy cattle, began under the ham
mer of Auctioneer Eddie Hanson of
Savage. Long before the auction
ing was begun, interested dairymen
and stock raisers were in the big
barns giving the animals the most
apparent that those who were doing
the bidding had made up their
minds early in the day as to their
needs and wants.
County Agent l. e. Mcmillan
prefaced the sale with a few re-
marks, concerning the quality and
type of the stock offered today and
he had only praise for the animals
end for the care they have receiv-
u; from the Sohre partners who are
selling their holdings in order that
ire elder Sohre may retire from
the business. The county agent
stated that last year the Sohre sales
at the Good Thunder cooperative
creamery totalled a quarter million
pounds of milk and that the butter
ed about 10000 pounds.
The sale today was held under
the auspices of the State Holstein
association and their guarantee ap-
piled to every animal offered. Any
purchased animal found to be other
than sound and free from tubercu-
Iosis gives the buyer the privilege
of returning his animal and refund
of purchase price. Secretary. of the
state association. Robert Geiger OF
Minneapolis, worked in the ring
along with "Colonels" c. z. Mullins
of Amboy and H. o. Teller OF Ma
pleton. B. D; Scott Of Fairfax, Iowa
against acted as pedigree man and
before any animal was offered he
gave an analysis of breeding and
ancestry.
Exhibit Herd Sire.
Before any selling was done, Her
bert Sohre. junior member or the
firm, brought into the ring Spring
Farm King VII, head of the Sohre
herd and a beautiful specimen OF
a dairy sire. The big fellow is said
to weigh between $500 and $500
pounds and experienced dairymen
at the sale pronounced him one OF
the best Black and White sires in
The first animal offered was a
six year old COW with butterfat
record of nearly twenty two pounds.
She was bid in by w. e. .Verplank
of New Richland for $275 and it was
agreed that the buyer had picked a
bargain. A two year old heifer went
20 Homer Bailey OF River Falls,
Wisconsin for $3.50 and four year
old COW to Thomas Lien of Leroy,
MINI. He paid $3.50 for his pur-
chase, the high price for the morn
ing's bargaining:
with these sales to start the ball
rolling, a recess for lunch was an
nounced and rest taken until one
o'clock.
Bidding This Afternoon. =.
At two o'clock this afternoon SIX
teen head of cattle were sold, the
average price being $257. The high
est figure up TO that time was $40
claimed by Rev. W. P. Clark OF this
city. :.
this afternoon were W. W. Hulce,
Rapidan: Mayor w. A. Beach, Man
kato: Martin Sandeen, Nicolet;. c.
A. Kuhn, Winnebago; r. W. John,
son. Winnebago; L. H. Matzke, Good
Thunder; Nick Kleinschmidt, Man
kato.
Savage left the auctioneering stand
and was replaced by NJ. o. Teller
of Mapleton.
The bidding was more spirited this
afternoon and sales were made at
more frequent intervals than this
morning. Prices were uniformly
better than yesterday. w. A. Strea-
ter of the National Citizens bank of
this city, clerked the sale.