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Show not shown itself in actual returns on consigned wool. Also, buying was retarded by the low returns from lamb shipments. It was generally agreed that a later date for the Sale would be better for many range men who shipped to market in late August or early September, and must buy their breeding rams later, especially in years of tight money. It was a tribute to the breeders that the quality of the consignments continued to improve even though their financial problems were mounting, or at least becoming no less. The past three years had shown a general decline that was felt in the wool and lamb markets, heavily, The top stud ram was bought by J. W. Owens of Ozona for $160 at the Sale. The ram was equal to or above the merit of those sold for over a thousand dollars only a few years earlier, John K said. Even with those extremely low prices, the Madsen rams continued to top the Sale in all classes. The magazine commended breeders for consistently turning out a still greater and better type of ram than even in other years. WRINKLES While Bill had been in Texas on a couple of sales trips in 1932, he sensed that breeders would have to start breeding away the heavy wrinkles of their rams. Range men were complaining that heavily wooled, wrinkled sheep were more prone to wool-blindness. And shearers had complained to 214 |
