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Show CHAPTER TWO: THE DEPRESSION The good fortune of the Mt. Pleasant Rambouillet Farm continued to hold in the 1928 Ram Sale. A two-year-old ram, "Outlaw", brought the high price at $1050 paid by William Briggs of California. The other classes were also topped by the Madsen flock. The next year "Ginger" was the special offering, along with two sons of "I AM". One of those went to Gilbraith Brothers of Colorado for the top yearling price of $1525- and "Ginger" was purchased for $1300 by the Ephraim Rambouillet Association of Ephraim, Utah. After the stock market crash of 1929 a steadily dec-linding market for lambs confronted the growers, and in 1930 the breeders became concerned for they depended upon the range men for their sales in breeding stock. Whatever affected the range sheepmen was therefore of great importance to the ram breeders. Aside from the sale of a top stud ram to Day Farms 203 |