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Show about the annual event. Located north of the Cudahy plant in North Salt Lake, the red barn became a familiar place to the Madsens for many years to come. In the Ram Sale of 1922, there was an active demand for rams. The buyers were discriminating and the breeders did not disappoint them. One of the original consignors. Butter-field Land and Livestock Company, was for the first time not represented. John K's average price was good and his rams sold mainly to New Mexico, Texas, and Montana buyers. In the following year his average price dropped and in 1924, it was but little more than half of the 1922 average. It was an up-and-down game. Pictures of Old 467 were used in most of John K's advertising. The ram had been a consistent winner in state and county fairs and shows, and his name held meaning in the world of sheep. Superior, a son of Old 467 had begun his grand champion record in 1923-^1924 also. When he was shorn later, he produced 54 pounds of wool. By that time, the purchase of American sheep by the Japanese Government had become almost an annual affair. John K sold them fifty head of purebred ewes and two rams that year. 3 The unpredictability of the ram market was hard to understand or to explain. Certainly no one was more puzzled than was John K after the low priced year of 1924 to have 1925 become a banner year for him. He topped all classes in 189 |
