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Show worked for her own living much of her life she appreciated good work and effort; and some of the women and girls who helped her in the house while her business demands increased, became lasting friends. Lura Morley, her niece, helped Virginia in the house for several years and they maintained a mother-daughter relationship. Lura lived there until she married Evan Beck. METHODS OF MARKETING When his first purebred yearling rams were ready for sale John K had no idea how to approach the market angle of his new business. His concern had been with breeding and improvement, and he had failed to consider the market matter seriously until he was suddenly faced with it. Proving to be ingenious, Virginia suggested that they pool ideas toward a solution. They decided on a project of writing a letter to banks in sheep growing localities. They enclosed a ten dollar bill to pay the tellers for their time in sending lists of sheepmen who might be potential buyers of Rambouillet breeding stock. Later contacts with men on those lists resulted in some good sales; this was a fine beginning. According to John K's notes, he sold off his grade ewes when the purebred ewe lambs matured to replace them. Then he purchased 400 head of Purebred but unregistered ewes from his brother Frank who had recently obtained them from Amman Johnson. That was before Frank left to live in Idaho. Pure- 115 |