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ried the work successfully forward for many years. 

 We shall meet him again as an enthusiastic bidder 

 at the TORR dispersion sale. 



The BOOTHS adopted a system of leasing their 

 bulls from year to year, instead of selling them 

 outright, and to this uncommon practice has been 

 attributed much of their success. The most prom- 

 ising were sure to be in demand from responsible 

 breeders, and those that turned out best could be 

 recalled for home service. They let "the other fel- 

 low" try them out first. So thoroughly were the 

 Killerby and Warlaby herds advertised through their 

 repeated victories at the Yorkshire and the national 

 shows that competition for the bulls "on hire" was 

 always keen. They divided with THOMAS BATES 

 and his disciples the best patronage of England, 

 and as high as 1,500 was at times refused for a 

 single season's use of a bull of outstanding merit as 

 a sire. For solid constructive work along lines of 

 their own selection, for sustained position, even into 

 the third and fourth generations, the BOOTHS occupy 

 a unique and possibly unrivaled position in the rec- 

 ords of the development of improved live stock 

 during the past century. 



