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Show Then, the September issue carried this statement It was with great regret that the officials of the NWGA called off the Salt Lake Sale. However, the new outbreak of foot and mouth disease that appeared in the eastern states about August 9th made it impossible for eastern sheep to be brought into Utah. This deprived the Sale of 750 head of sheep and left some of the classes without any entries at all which would have greatly interfered with the Sale. 3 The Sale was declared off on August 14th, but the August issue of this magazine was delayed until a notice was inserted in each copy. Declaring off the Sale has left the sheep that were entered on the hands of the owners, and we take this means of calling attention to the fact that these sheep that were to be sold at public auction are now to be sold at private sale by their owners. If foot and mouth disease is eradicated, and we feel sure it will be, the Sale will be held next year. DISAPPOINTING NEWS John K's excitement had been short lived for he had soon seen and read the inserted notice in the August 1915 issue. A regular ad with a picture of some of his stud rams had already been sent to the office for publication in the September issue, in addition to his special ad for the Sale. The special one read: "I offer this season 4Q0 head of purebred Rambouillet rams, half of which are registered. These are large, smooth, and heavy wooled rams. All I ask you to do is to see mine before buying." In that same magazine appeared this larger surprise ad: I am offering for sale my entire flock-, of purebred Rambouillet sheep. The 139 |