. Types and breeds of farm animals. Livestock. 584 SHEEP general brought good prices. At the Earl of Carnarvon's sale one ram brought about ^550 and 100 yearling ewes averaged about $35 each. At James Flower's Chilmark sale and ram letting, two rams were let at 135 guineas ($675) each, the record for thirty- two years up to that time, with several ram lambs selling for from 34 to jQ guineas ($170 to ^380). This was then regarded as one of the memorable sales of the breed. In 1912, at the Brit- ford Sheep Fair held at Salisbury, England, a ram lamb bred by. Fig. 272. Bishopstone Northington F82
. Types and breeds of farm animals. Livestock. 584 SHEEP general brought good prices. At the Earl of Carnarvon's sale one ram brought about ^550 and 100 yearling ewes averaged about $35 each. At James Flower's Chilmark sale and ram letting, two rams were let at 135 guineas ($675) each, the record for thirty- two years up to that time, with several ram lambs selling for from 34 to jQ guineas ($170 to ^380). This was then regarded as one of the memorable sales of the breed. In 1912, at the Brit- ford Sheep Fair held at Salisbury, England, a ram lamb bred by. Fig. 272. Bishopstone Northington F821-25641 (imp.), a Hampshire Down ram sold for $1700 by Walnut Hall Farms, Donerail, Kentucky. From photograph, by courtesy of Robert S. Blastock, manager Mr. Flower sold to J. H. Ismay for 230 guineas ($1150), then the record price for the breed. Remarkable prices have been paid very recently in America for Hampshire Downs, especially at the ram sales held at Salt Lake City, Utah. In 1917, at this sale, Walnut Hall Farm of Kentucky sold an imported ram to D. F. Detweiler of Idaho for 1^1500, a new record for the breed. John Nebeker also paid Walnut Hall Farm $750 for a ram. Sixty-three of the top rams of the breed averaged $196 and 425 ewes averaged $ At the 1918 ram sale at Salt Lake City, Walnut Hall Farm again broke the record in selling another ram to Mr. Detweiler for $1700. Another was sold to the Wood Live 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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