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bred bulls registered under such names. Running hur- 

 riedly through a few volumes of the herd book I find a lot 

 of bulls have gone on record under such names as Block- 

 head 189243, Whiskers 141068, Ground Hog 142116, Rocky 

 Bill 198097, Cross Eyed Buck 142424, Weary Willie 194224, 

 Beefsteak 184963, Goo Goo Eyes 187886, But Cut 143983, 

 Ring Tail 169891, Fishback 148235, Dinkey 146549, Quick 

 Relief 193785, One-Eyed Riley 141000, Young Saloon 110719, 

 Podunk 125527, Apple 138778, Toad 141007, Buster 142718, 

 Cantaloupe 96573, Grasshopper 98359 and Hat Box 141342. 

 Now this sort of thing may contribute to the hilarity of the 

 trade, but is it fair by the bulls? Heifers do not seem to 

 have been made the butt of jokes to such an extent as 

 their brothers. One tendency has been to load them down 

 with names longer than the moral law, as for example: 

 Peri Duchess of Paddie's Run 2d, Duchess of Clarence of 

 Cottage Home 3d, Miss Bates 2d of Mount Pleasant Town- 

 ship, llth Kirklevington Duchess of French Creek, Maud 

 Muller 4th of Native Grove Farm, Kirklevington Duchess 

 of Libertyville 3d and Airdrie Lizzie of Mush Run. I find 

 a cow called Eagle and another registered as Klondike. 

 Then there is Pleasant Home Spot and Mother's Baby. 

 Bulls also catch some long appellations, such as The Man 

 from Glengarry, Dugan Duke of Cedardale 146914, Red 

 Coat of Silver Creek Valley and B. & R. & I. Grand Duke 

 of Wild Eyes 195175. Then there are queer combinations, 

 such as Sir Lulu 145771, Lord Major Miller 140318, and the 

 Duke of 4th of July 141138. As a newspaper man I was 

 impressed by the name of Sample Copy 110091 and Gazette 

 148822. 



It is manifestly impossible to lay down any specific rules 

 upon the subject of naming cattle. All we can do is to 

 make general suggestions. First, don't use long names; 

 second, don't employ "slangy" or trashy names; third, 

 don't use the name of your farm; fourth, don't tack on 

 your own name; fifth, don't perpetuate ancient and mis- 

 leading family names, for this is pure and simple "tommy 

 rot"; sixth, don't give masculine names to females and 

 vice versa; seventh, don't use hackneyed, worn-out, com- 



