Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1917 — CATTLE BRING GOOD PRICES [ARTICLE]

CATTLE BRING GOOD PRICES

Kenton-Price Sale Well Attended and Buying Brisk. The sale of purelbred Shorthorn cattle held Saturday by O. J. Kenton and Estal Price at the former's farm near Surrey, was well attended and the stock sold for good prices. A total of eighty-two head were sold, seventy-one of which belonged to Mr. Kenton and eleven to Mr. Price. Mr. Kenton sold one animal for SSOO, and the entire number brought an average of $270. The highest priced of Mr. Price's stock was $295, and the eleven head sold for an average of $227. A great many of the cattle were sold to local stockmen and will build up many of the Shorthorn herds now started in this county.