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to say here, that while I have in my time visited 

 many of the greatest beef-cattle breeding establish- 

 ments of the world, I recall no such extraordinary 

 groups of youngsters as those sent into leading 

 western sales and shows from Linwood Farm, 

 the first fruits of the use of Baron Victor in the 

 HARRIS herd. The cross upon the BATEs-topped 

 Marys, Josephines, Roses of Sharon and other 

 typical American tribes of that era was as amazing 

 as it was instantaneously successful. The aggres- 

 sive, rich-fleshed, blocky Sittyton Victoria bull nicked 

 in such startling fashion that the west looked on 

 in wonder. Such hair, such depth of covering, such 

 breadth of beam, such shortness of leg, such early 

 maturity the cornbelt's dream of baby beef realized 

 at last! 



Breeders from far and near were overjoyed. The 

 long-looked-for leader, and the long-sought cross, 

 had arrived. "The GRUICKSHANK bull's the thing." 

 That was the unanimous verdict of all unprejudiced 

 beef-producers who saw those first famous line-ups 

 of the Baron Victor progeny at the Kansas City 

 sales. The half-bloods went like hot cakes at remu- 

 nerative prices, and just to show how the pure blood 

 had worked out in comparison with the "crosses," 

 Victoria 65d's sappy heifer, Linwood Victoria by 



