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fact, it is during just such dull periods, however, 

 that foundations for future successes are always 

 laid by men possessed of foresight and sufficient 

 capital to make selections of good animals when 

 subnormal prices prevail. The business was enter- 

 ing a quiet stage, but a situation which after all 

 'was conducive to real progress. Still waters always 

 run deepest. 



On April 25 A. C. Huxley of Bunker Hill, Ind., 

 sold 40 head at $170.50, R. C. Cain of the Hoosier 

 state giving $1,000 for the bull Merry Dale. The 

 usual fall combination sale at Kansas City resulted 

 in an average of $215.25 for 57 head. E. E. Morgan 

 of Kansas gave $1,400 for the Funkhouser bull On- 

 ward 18th. At the same place in December Messrs. 

 Armour and Funkhouser had a fairly good sale of 

 75 head averaging $200.45, at which Messrs. J. & B. 

 Miller of Iowa gave $1,105 for the Gabbert-bred 

 bull Columbus 60th. 



"Individual Merit by Inheritance. ' 'This Sotham 

 slogan found marvelous exemplification at the Kan- 

 sas City Royal and the Chicago International of 

 1905. At the former show Mr. Comstock had first- 

 prize and senior championship with Defender, son 

 of Perfection, the great son of Dale. Defender had 

 narrowly missed the championship honors in 1904, 

 and at Kansas City a year later could not be denied 

 the place. Another son of Perfection that was to 

 cut a great figure appeared at this same show the 

 first-prize senior yearling shown by Mr. Huxley, 

 Perfection Fairfax. In the bull calves the senior 

 and junior classes were both headed by sons of 



