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early maturity was the keynote of success in meat- 

 making, and his sons succeeded in inducing the 

 State Board of Agriculture to include in the prize 

 list for the initial show a class for yearlings and 

 calves. This they followed up by winning first prize 

 on a yearling steer weighing 1,400 pounds. They 

 thus pioneered a proposition that has revolutionized 

 the American cattle trade. 



Adjacent to Grove Park is a hallowed spot called 

 "Woodwreath." There the blue grass he so fondly 

 loved runs riot perennially around the grave of 

 JAMES N. BROWN. The state of Illinois is the better 

 for his having lived. 



