Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 April 1919 — PAYS $5,000 FOR SHORTHORN [ARTICLE]

PAYS $5,000 FOR SHORTHORN

To Head His Herd of Purc-Breds In Walker Township Former County Commissioner William Hershman of Walker township returned Saturday morning from a business trip to Tiffin, Ohio, where he purchased of Frank Edwards, a noted Shorthorn cattle breeder, what is perhaps the best pure-bred' bull by far that ever came to Jasper county, paying $5,000 therefor. The bull Is 12 months old and Is certainly a beauty. He took first prize at both the Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio state fairs last fall and second prize at the International stock show in Chicago, where his full brother, two years sold for $9,300. Mr. Hershman also purchased two pure-bred Shorthorn, heifers at the same time he bought this bull, and expects ultimately to give his entire attention to raising purebred Shorthorns. He now has the nucleus for a fine herd’ —12 cows and heifers and six calves, in addition to this bull. He can easily handle a herd of 200 head and raise all the feed for them on his 780 acre farm, besides handling some other stock, and he expects in a few years to have one of the largest and best herds of pure-bred Shorthorns in Indiana.