Amity Farm Pays Top Price
At Sale of Aberdeen Angus
By LILLIE I MAD SEN
Farm Editor, The Statesman
The Oregon Aberdeen Angus Association's first auction sale to
taled $27,965 for 46 head at the Oregon State Fairgrounds at Salem
Tuesday. This was an average of $607.90 and considered so successful
that officials stated at its close that it would be repeated here again
next spring.
Top animal was a two-year-old bull, Marbein's Brandolier 18th
consigned by Ben Hilton of tyrants
Pass. He was out of Alpine Pride
and sired by Blackcap Bandid
which was credited with having
produced over a million dollars
worth of cattle. Broadmead Farms
of Amity paid $1,650 for him.
Broadmead also bought two other
top animals, one at $1600 from
Donald E. Snabel of Powell Butte
and the other at $1,175 from
Spring Meadows Farm, Oswego
Spring Meadows is owned by Ken
neth Hall, president of the asso
ciation. Loren D. Hicks of Turner was
consignor of the third high animal,
a two-vear-old bull which went to
H. W. Ray of Hillsboro for $1,500.
Hicks sold one other animal, a
two-year-old also, late in the sale
which brought him $430 from Emil
Jacobson of Mt. Angel.
Ray left the most money for any
one individual buyer at the auc
tion, paying a total of $8,450 for 11
animals. However W. J. Lippincott
of Williams bought 15 head for
which he paid but $6,135. Five of
Lippincott's were commercial An
gus offered by Archie Riekkola of
Astoria which brought $365 each.
Ray bought the two top females
offered at the sale, paying $1250
for Mayflower of HM, a four-year-old
sold with her little calf con
signed by Spring Meadow Farms,
and $1120 for Blackbird D.W. con
signed by Dale West of Merrill.
Other Willamette Valley pur
chasers included J. B. Stafford of
Springfield who bought two at an
average of $540, one from Luan
Fey Woodlefnd of Grants Pass, and
the other from G. J. Klose, also of
Grants Pass, at $560; O. J. Cox of
Jefferson, who bought a cow from
Baum and Spratling of Grants
Pass for $620; J. W. Wright of
Newberg, who paid $470 fo a 19-month-old
heifer from Nancy Jen
kins of Grants Pass, and E. O.
Fisher of Oregon City who bought
an 11 -month-old heifer from Ben
Hilton for $450.
Governor Douglas McKay wel
comed the Oregon Aberdeen-Angus
Association members to Salem
and wished them luck in their first
association sale.
Scott Starts
Building for
Cycle Service
Groundbreaking will begin this
morning for the expanded Harry
! W. Scott (The Cycle Man) ex
' elusive motorcycle shop to be lo
! cated on the northeast corner of
! South Commercial and Mission
! Streets.
I The cycle shop, located at 147
! S. Commercial St., has, for the
i past 34 years, fulfilled the needs
' of the company in the repair and
! sale of lawnmowers, bicycles and
I motorcycles. The new shop will be
l devoted strictly to the sale of new
Harley-Davidson motorcycles as
! well as the upkeep, repair and
sale of all used motorcycles. The
other shop at 147 S. Commercial
St. will continue dealing in lawn
mowers and bicycles.
Construction of the nearly
$10,000 building is under the con
tract of H. C. Hummel of Salem
Grain Prices
Drop Slightly
CHICAGO (JF-Grains eased at
the close of Wednesday's board of
trade session after holding around
the previous close most of the day.
Brokers said there were no new
buying incentives, and that the
day was devoted mostly to even
ing up operations in preparation
for the closing out of the May con
tract at the end of business to
morrow. At the finish wheat was Vz to
1 cent lower, corn was H to 7
lower, oats were Vi higher to Va
lower, rye was Vi to 2Vi lower,
soybeans were H to 1 cent low
er and lard was unchanged to 15
cents a hundred pounds lower.
The Statesman, Salem, Oregon. Wednesday, May 3J, C53 3
Buying Boosts
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