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Show Wales And Moroni Men Buy High Class Stock Sanpete stockmen purchased top bulls at the M & O Ranch Sale held at Richfield on Monday, Mon-day, November 8. Clayton Peterson of Ephraim paid 645.00 for M & O Royal Domino 26th, and Curtis Ras-mussen, Ras-mussen, also of Ephraim, bought M & O Iowa Domino 27th at third highest price of S540.00 according to Russell R. Keetch County Agent. The average sale price on thr forty-six bulls sold was S403 Alf Lamb of Wales, bought a herd sire of good quality a $350.00, Mr. Keetch reported. The most active bidding of the sale was for feeder calves whic!' brought from 36c to 52c pe pound. Five of the ten head sold were bought by 4-H and S.S.A. feeders of Sapnete County. Coun-ty. Oscar Olsen of Moroni bought two for his boys and girls feeder projects. Lymar Larsen of Mayfield bought one for his girl. Alva Lund of Gunnison Gun-nison purchased one for hif boy, and Marden Gribble of Gunnison bid one in for Marva. Curtis Rasmussen of Ephraim also bought two choice brer! heifers at $290 each. These two heifers were picked by Agen' as tops of those offered for sale. "It is with much satisfaction that the Extension Service of this area is associated with the great strides being made by !o ! cal stockmen in acquiring good ' animals for improvement c: j beef herds," Mr. Keetch de-i de-i clared. To see results of tins program one need only vio. shows and sales to compare present quality in stock with those of a few years past, hi said. Sanpete County has 16 pu;c bred breeders of Hereford cattle all of whom are behind the Livestock Improvement pro-! pro-! gram. They will have bulls i;: I all the State Hereford Sales, as : Ogden, Spanish Fork, Richfielc" ! and Cedar City. |
