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herd bulls previously used had been disposed of. 

 These two bulls could not be classed as of the same 

 type, although they were similar in some respects. 

 They were both straight and level in their toplines, 

 with drooping horns (those of Anxiety 4th the more 

 pronounced in this respect), smooth and round over 

 the hips, thick-fleshed, and they had good coats of 

 hair. North Pole was the larger bull and was some- 

 what longer in his legs; he was a bull of great consti- 

 tution. Anxiety 4th, although short of leg, had 

 heavier bone, a feature that was transmitted to his 

 descendants for several generations. The use of 

 these two bulls in this herd of cows developed the 

 fact that North Pole was not a success as a sire of 

 bulls, his bull calves showing the upstanding feature 

 to an unsatisfactory degree. On the other hand his 

 heifer calves were not so affected but were of much 

 more than ordinary merit. Anxiety 4th proved a 

 most satisfactory sire of both bulls and heifers 

 probably the greatest "all around" breeding bull 

 ever imported. 



The mingling of the blood of these two bulls 

 proved one of the happiest nicks known in Ameri- 

 can Hereford history. It has been suggested ihat 

 North Pole has never been given full credit in con- 

 nection with the extraordinary success that followed 

 the crossing of Anxiety 4th upon his heifers. Cer- 

 tain it is that a great " hit ' ' was scored in the blend- 

 ing of the blood of these two bulls. North Pole 

 had not so pleasing a head as Anxiety 4th, neither 

 was he so good at the thighs, but he was strong 



