The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-10-10
FEW rams TRADED
BUT HUNDRED sold
IN MANDAN AUCTION
Extension Service May Put On
Series Of Sheep and Cattle
Sales Like K Next Year

About Z hundred head OF rams were
sold and exchanged during the am
day at Mandan, Wednesday, In spite
OF the weather keeping the attend
ance down.
Most Of the transactions were sales.
The exchange idea did not take so
well. Most Of the ram owners had
such high regard for the qualities Of
their own offerings that It was diff
cult 70 strike . swapping basis be-
tween them, each feeling he had 4
better animal to give than the one he
was offered. The whole morning was
given over to this phase Of the day
and not much was accomplished.
At ! o'clock, J. M. Thompson
mounted Z stand In the livestock pa
vilion ct the fair grounds and the
sale was started. There was brisk
bidding and buying. The top Of the
sale was 81 paid for one ram. The
average Of prices realized was $3.50.
Some Of the offerings did not reach
the value set by the consign0rs and
these were bid back. Ben Lawyer, Of
the First National bank. clerked the
sale and the four county agents, A. r.
Miesen. OF Burleigh; r. G. Newcomer,
Of Morton: A. L. Norling, Of Mclean,
and A. J. Carlson, Of Kidder, assisted
In managing the sale.
r. r. Farquharson. Of Minot, rep
resenting the Agricultural Credit cor
poration. was In attendance and
bought 10 head for patrons. He took
two purebred 6hropshires for George
E. Noboting, Lidgerwood: two pure
bred Shrops for z. q. Kleve, Nc
Clusky: two for o. H. Kinsmoe, Nc
Clusky: an Oxford and q Hampshire
for Alex Mckay. Ray: q Shrop for
=. Hagen. Driscoll: and he bought q
Rambouillet consigned with q Hamp-
shire In order to get the latter.
Buyers included Ira Falkenstinc,
Baldwin: Ed Smith, Sterling: the
Agricultural Credit corporation, Min
neapolis: N. B. Grandson. Almont: w.
J. 0abbey, Linton; r. g. Remington,
Bismarck: D. H. Mckay. G. E. Ken
needy. John Hartinger, Glen Ullin:
Ed Hendrickson, Mandan; Albin Err
strom. Baldwin: r. A. Grant. Mott:
N0ACy 00UVA AuVUACs "a AGAOOs
Wilton: Joe Warmke. wilton: John
Rink. Leith: J. M. Thompson. Wilton:
E. q. Englund. Underwood: o. A.
Nordstrom. Braddock; william Jo-
sephson. Wing: Joseph Unkelh0l1.
Mandan; Fred Wanner, Mercer: and
Henry Apland. Driscoll.
The consignors. most Of whom
offered from one to six rams, included
Grant Dewitt. Swectbriar. SO head;
Leroy and 5holl, Sanger: Frank
Schaffer, Driscoll: Staiglc Brothers.
Sanger; A. d. Snyder, Dawson: Otto
Dahan, Steele: Mc0ingley and Rink.
Leith: H. D. Wildfang. Sterling: Joe
Warmke. Wilton; Lloyd Ellison, Man.
dan; +. F. Crawford. EaSelton; O. =.
Lee. Braddock: j. A. belong. Bald
win: Charles Nagel. Bismarck: Al
bin Erstrom. Baldwin: Milan Ward.
Bismarck: John Hartinger, Glen
Ullin: Ole Swee. Driscoll: Ed Smith.
Sterling: w. Z. Bond. Almont: Tenius
Ramsland, Almont; Trigoc Olson, AL
mont: Harold Raftseth, Pretty Rock:
w. o. Hutlberg. Coleharbor.
There Is 2 possibility that the ex-
tension service will arrange for q
series Of am sales over the state
next season. adding cattle. These
combined sales have not been . shin
ing success heretofore. it Is said, ow-
ing to the large areas represented by
them. but by increasing the number
and decreasing the areas It Is cx.
pected to get better results.