Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 267, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1919 — HEREFORD SALE TOTALS $16,515 [ARTICLE]

HEREFORD SALE TOTALS $16,515

I PHILLIPS STOCK SALE ATTRACTS MANY BUYERS—AVERAGE $445. The Fred A. Phillips Hereford stock sale held at his home at the edge of the city Tuesday afternoon was attended by a large and enthusiastic crowd of buyers despite the ' cold and disagreeable weather which was in evidence throughout the day. There were many buyers from Michigan, Illinois and distant points in Indiana present and the majority of the animals went to these buyers, although there some that went to prominent stockmen of this county. The sale was cried by Col. Fred Reppert, of Decatur, Ind., known as the greatest Hereford auctioneer in the United States today. The sale of the forty-two head totalled $16,515. The cows averaged $440, which was a very fair average and all that the owner expected. The top price for a cow and calf was $1,760 and was paid by John Kapper, of the firm of Kapper & Kapper, of Chicago. Mr. Phillips is rapidly developing one of the best Hereford herds in this part of the middle west and in a few years i£ will undoubtedly rank with the best of them. ; , , , • ... - < g-