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Show prices paid for his rams, and prices tripled those of the previous year when he had also sold the top animals in all classes. This spoke well for the fine quality of his breeding stock, and buyers made repeat purchases. John K was able to completely clear his current debts that record-breaking year. Usually the honors of selling the top ram or pens of rams had been divided among the breeders, but John K had managed to set a precedent when he rated the top place in each class. The classes were: stud rams; pens of five stud rams; and one, two, or three pens of twenty-five range rams. The number of pens usually consigned depended upon the possible market prospects. In that good year of 1925 John K had consigned three pens where usually he consigned two such pens. Whether he was intuitive or just plain lucky is not known. At any rate, it was a special year for him. MORE FOREIGN SALES In a report regarding the 1926 Sale, the magazine stated, "The Russian Livestock Sheep Commission added interest to the occasion. Their purchases consisted of eighty-one head of carefully selected Rambouillet rams in advance of the bidding, and conservatively purchased." They bid on and bought John K's two pens of 25 range rams, and one stud ram. 4 Fifty of their eighty-one head came from the Madsen flock. 190 |