and Kathleen, Hilda, Violet and Milli- 

 cent, for 1884. Some of these heifers were 

 very unusual show animals, and later 

 proved great breeders. 



This bull in Mr. Culbertson's choice 

 herd gave successful service for two 

 years, when he was sold to Adams Earl, 

 owner of the Shadeland herd, at La- 

 fayette, Ind., for $7,000, the record price 

 for a Hereford for many years. When 

 sold by Mr. Culbertson he had twelve 

 sons and fourteen daughters of this bull 

 on hand, with twenty-four of his best 

 cows in calf to him. 



A great risk was involved in buying at 

 such a price at 11 years of age, but Mr. 

 Earl recognized that The Grove 3d came 

 from a long-lived ancestry, and thought 

 the possibilities justified, the chance. His 

 sire, Horace, had sold at $2,500 when 9 

 years old, and continued in active serv- 

 ice till 16. Sovereign, from whom The 

 Grove 3d descended,* was 15 years old 

 when he sired Cotmore. others in the 

 family had lived to long years of use- 

 fulness. Purchased at 11 years, The 

 Grove 3d remained in service at Shade- 

 land for a long period, finally dying just 

 as he had entered his eighteenth year 

 on Dec. 3, 1891. The infirmities of old age 

 and the loss of his teeth caused him to 

 gradually lose strength during the last 

 ,year or two of his life, yet he gave up 

 tenaciously, as became an old veteran. 

 Respected in life by his owner and his 

 faithful attendant, Uncle John Lewis, the 

 herd manager, in the language of Mr. 

 Earl, his remains were "accorded a de- 

 cent burial." 



The writer was somewhat familiar 

 with this great bull while at Shade- 

 land, but it would seem appropriate to 

 here introduce an opinion on this bull's 

 individuality as expressed by William 

 Housman in Bell's Weekly Messenger, 

 than whom there is perhaps no better 

 critic in England. He is described as 

 "having extraordinary mellowness of 

 skin and flesh of the best kind and qual- 

 ity for a stock sire, the kind that in- 

 creases fast; his very touch tells that 

 under moderate pressure of keep he 

 would be soon thick fat. He had a great 

 growth of fine hair. The rise of the 

 chine line over the shoulder top into the 

 crest of the neck was particularly mas- 

 culine, and the head, not coarse nor 

 heavy, was still a bull's head. In his 

 hind quarters he inherited from Sir 



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