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Show WHAT ARE FAIR PRICES! Many cattlemen In the Intermountaln country have heiltaled about bujlng pure brod bull for the range because of the seeming high prices usked for oung bulla by the breeder back Eist. Very frequently the writer ha henrd Utah farmer Bay. ' Well. I would like to havo a pure bred bull If I could get one for JoO or ITS. but I will not pay the fancj pricea aaked " The whole question hinge upon what constitute a ' fane) ' price for hrecdlng anlmils A fancy prlco would be nn Increase because be-cause of aome particular point or ultra-fashionable ultra-fashionable lino of breeding: In fact a price greater than the average amount that experienced breeder would pnj. A reasonable price for a bull i the um that ordinary experienced tnekmen who are In the business of growing vat-tie vat-tie for tho market are willing to pay and do paj for but! Upon thl point we find a tabulated report of Important sales of cattle of the leading heef breeds In the United State during 1901 Tho report I Issued by the United Statea Department of Agriculture nnd la Impartial. After giving In dctnll the principal sales lu nil classes of beef animals for breeding purpose the following summary la given Number Aver- Dreel Soil 'intal sue Shorthorns . 4 oi. 11MW 2mi l Mlhtis .. HI Mftt 277 41 lleMforrls tfcO 4..S Vi fiV niw Iteil I'olls . " H210fl nnro I'olled Durham 341 KiJSfO .ltw Oallownja V Wt II 115 0O )7 67 Totals tIH 1 137 570 35 tX7 30 It will be seen from the above that there could not have been many J7S bull In the sale recorded In fact by reference lo the exlendei tables we find that J53 45 wa the very lowest nverage per head for any given lot, while the general average was $267 30, as shown ln the summorj ho we aay to farmer and cattlemen that while It la advisable to teer clear of fane) pricea for breeding stock. It la not wisdom to refuse to pal a filr price for nn animal which will within five year raise the general average value of the herd from 35 per cent to HO per cent |