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his prepotency as a sire. His blood breeds on, as is proved 

 by the work of many of his sons and daughters. 



Raymond of the Preel 11353, a son of Masher's Sequel, 

 that has three times been second prize bull on the island, and 

 that had for a dam Justinee I 4054, P. S., a cow that had won 

 first on the island, was imported by Alfred G. Lewis. This 

 bull had splendid opportunities, and for a time his blood was 

 largely sought after, but the majority of- his -daughters have 

 proved to be only ordinary producers. Few breeders are now 

 using this line of blood. 



Imp. The Conqueror 2d 15325, with 16 Advanced Registry daughters with yearly 

 records up to 928.39 pounds of fat. 



Another son of Golden Secret, St. Amant 11600, imported 

 by A. A. Housman, proved to be an excellent sire, having 

 four advanced register daughters, with records up to 657.29 

 pounds of fat. He has but 10 daughters registered in all. 



Among the good bulls that Mr. Benham imported was 

 Holden 4th 12179, which sired Miranda of Edgewater 30870, 

 with 730.4 pounds of fat at three years of age ; and Cherry of 

 Edgewater 38143, the leader in Class G, with a record of 732.97 

 pounds of fat; and other good ones. 



In his first importation, Mr. Bierne brought over Golden 

 Hero of 1'Etiennerie 12647, and he has eight advanced register 



