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laughed and said, "That cow is a pretty tough- 

 looking proposition, but she will be all right when 

 she has a little Missouri corn and bluegrass. ' ' This 

 statement proved to be true, for this Dowager 6th 

 made one of the finest cows of all their importa- 

 tions and was a most satisfactory breeder. In this 

 case as in nearly all of his other purchases, seeing 

 that he bought for these importations scarcely any 

 cattle that were in high condition or had been fitted 

 for show, the knowledge which Gov. Simpson had 

 acquired of animal anatomy in his earlier vocation 

 was of great advantage to him. He had formerly 

 been in the horse and mule business, in which he 

 bought up young and thin animals and fitted them 

 for market, thus learning to make due allowance 

 for the improvement to be made in a thin animal 

 by the addition of flesh. The fact that an English 

 breeder thought an animal especially fine when in 

 high condition did not have any weight with him in 

 making his selections. 



At the time Mr. Simpson bought Anxiety 4th 

 some friendly English breeders disinterestedly ad- 

 vised him to take another bull which was being 

 fitted for show; they urged him so strongly that Mr. 

 Aaron Eogers became impatient with their impor- 

 tunities and told them to "let Simpson alone, " that 

 he knew better what he wanted than they did. Sub- 

 sequent developments made very plain to them and 

 others the wisdom of his selection. 



North Pole was used in the herd for about four 

 years and was then sold for steer-getting purposes 



