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Identifier
20046533
Description
$105 4-H Yearlings From Jack County -- Fancy yearlings from Jack County sold on the Fort Worth market Thursday for $105 each to set a four-year. This pen of eight yearlings weighed 840 pounds and sold for $12.50 per hundred -- the highest price since 1937 on an open market transaction here. These young beeves were fed by 4-H Club boys from Jack County. The 18 boys who participated in the field day here Thursday took home $1,749.32 for their day's sales of 19 cattle. The top animal of the 19 sold in the the group of eight that furnished the top figure of $12.50 per hundred is shown here. This yearling weighed 1,045 pounds and fed by Mayon Christian of Vineyard. Published in The Fort-Worth Star-Telegram evening edition, January 17, 1941.
Archival Date
1941-01-16
Collection Name
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Collection Number
AR406-6-1253
Original Format
Negatives, Black & White
File Format
JPG
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Subjects
Livestock; Cattle; Stockyards
Names
National 4-H Council (U.S.); Christian, Mayon; Fort Worth Market
Subjects
Livestock; Cattle; Stockyards