. Types and breeds of farm animals. Livestock. THE RAMBOUILLET 531 Big Chief, by Wyoming Boy, consigned by F. S. King Brothers Company of Wyoming, sold for ^1300 to Hobbs and Gillett of Idaho. John H. Seely sold to Dell Pratt a ram for ^1325. A ram consigned by Illinois University brought ^675. In all, 168 Rambouillet stud rams brought ^39,985, an average of ^238, and 362 ewes brought an average of ^ At the 1918 sale. Fig. 239. The shepherd and his flock at Rambouillet, France. From photograph by the author a two-year-old ram was sold by John H. Seely to C. N. Stillman of Utah for ^6200,
. Types and breeds of farm animals. Livestock. THE RAMBOUILLET 531 Big Chief, by Wyoming Boy, consigned by F. S. King Brothers Company of Wyoming, sold for ^1300 to Hobbs and Gillett of Idaho. John H. Seely sold to Dell Pratt a ram for ^1325. A ram consigned by Illinois University brought ^675. In all, 168 Rambouillet stud rams brought ^39,985, an average of ^238, and 362 ewes brought an average of ^ At the 1918 sale. Fig. 239. The shepherd and his flock at Rambouillet, France. From photograph by the author a two-year-old ram was sold by John H. Seely to C. N. Stillman of Utah for ^6200, the top price for the breed. The Butterfield Sheep Company sold the ram Butterfield's Model to Bullard Brothers of California for ;^3000, and other rams sold for $1500, ^1200, ^iioo, and ^1000 respectively. Bullard Brothers sold a pen of 24 yearling rams for ^300 a head. Seely sold to Hobbs and Gillett 3 ewes for ^1375, and King Brothers sold 10 yearling ewes for ^150 each. Illinois University consigned 5 rams that averaged ^425 a head. At the 1919 ram sale at Salt Lake City, Illinois University sold to the Butterfield Live-Stock Company of Idaho a ram for $1600, the top price of the sale. One other ram was sold by F. S. King Brothers Company for ^1500, Digitized by Microsoft®. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Plumb, Charles S. (Charles Sumner), 1860-1939. Boston, New York, Ginn
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