Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-03-23
A REAL AUCTION
OF JERSEY STOCK
The Humphries Herd of Jersey Cattle
Will Be Sold At Auction Near
Durant on March 20.

An opportunity for our people 70
purchase pure breed cattle is offer
ed on March 28 when the Humphries
Herd of fine registered cattle will be
sold at auction. The people of La
fayette county desiring Jerseys will
do well to take advantage of this
sale, as such an opportunity does not
present itself often.
The Durant News, in speaking OF
the sale of this famous herd, says:
with a great deal of regret we
announce that the Humphries Stock
Farm is to sell its beautiful herd OF
Jersye dairy cows at auction Tues
day, March 28th, 1922.
"This herd was established by the
late J. Wiley Humphries. and manag-
ed by his son, Tom, some eighteen
Years ago. About seven years ago
Tom bought the entire business, and
opreated it about a year-and-a-haif
before his fathers death.
"Always eager to improve the
herd, and anxious that they should
have nothing but the best, they be-
gan keeping records with the first
cows, and these records were kept
up and used to weed out the un-
profitable cows, and let it be said
here that the Humphries were never
guilty of selling Door cow that they
had weeded out to someone else, but
each and every one butcher or ship
ped to st. Louis, until today they
have beautiful herd of excellent
producers. OF course there are some
cows that are better than others,
but there is not an Improbable cow
in the herd.
"Some eight or nine years ago,
when Mr.. Humphries paid five hum
dred dollars for little baby male
calf, number of people questioned
his sanity, and others said he had
more money than sense. We were
not old as a dairy state. and did not
know the advantage of the best
blood. Talking with Tom a few days
ago, he said it has since proven that
was the cheapest animal that they
had ever bought-had made q larger
per cent of profit from that buy than
from any other animal.
Gone of this calf's daughters made
more than her weight in milk every
month while on official test she
made 1O,371 pounds of milk. Another
daughter started on test when three
wears old and made 478.19 pounds OF
fat in one year. At 60c. the average
price of butter fat at that time, she
made $26891 in one year.
"The influnece of the Humphries
herd is felt throughout this and adj
Joining states, and Tom is very proud
Of the fact that they have never sold
an animal that was not satisfactory,
and as far as he knows profitable
to the owners. All that he has ever
heard from come back and buy
more.
"We know his service as dairy
man for our town has been salts
factory, and we hear nothing but
praise for him and regret that ne is
going out of the business.
1--WE wish Tom much success In ms
new business, but somehow we hope
he will be so successful that he will
soon have another herd on the Hum
phries farm, which he is not selling
with the herd.
-"Mr. Humphries is selling all OF
his Jersey herd with the exception OF
two cows for the family and five
blemished cows.
"The explanation of this is that
Mr.. Humphries has contracted as
general sales agent for a new lnven-
ton that promises large returns. The
best we can do is to wish him all
l;ndc of poOd luck"