XXIV 



LADY OF MEADOWBROOK 



21466 



Many a beautiful cow has been graced 

 with the title of Lady. The history of 

 the English show yard and breeding herd 

 records more than one Lady of fame, 

 among which might be mentioned Lady 

 Fragrant, Lady in Waiting, Grand Lady, 

 Lady Sarah and Red Lady, while in 

 America Lady Charming, Lady Plush- 

 coat, Lady Superior and yet others are 

 among the elect. On' this side of 

 the Atlantic, however, no individual of 

 the bovine race is better entitled to this 

 name than the Aberdeen-Angus cow 

 Lady of Meadowbrook 21466. 



Lady of Meadowbrook 21466 was bred 

 by D. Bradfute & Son, Meadowbrook 

 farm, Cedarville, Greene county, Ohio, and 

 was calved on Dec. It, MM. Her sire was 

 Zaire 5th 13067, a son of the well-known 

 Black Abbot 10423. Zaire 5th for some 

 ten years was a prominent prize winner 

 at the great shows in the United States 

 and has repeatedly been referred to as 

 one of the greatest of the modern show 

 and breeding Angus bulls, for he has 

 sired many most excellent animals. He 

 was short of leg, broad of back, square 

 and full both in front and behind, and 

 was heavily fleshed when in good condi- 

 tion. At this writing, early in 1904, Zaire 

 5th is still in active service in an Ohio 

 herd at the age of 15 years. 



The dam of Lady was Lavender of 

 Meadowbrook 15697, a cow of much merit 

 that won many prizes, including first in 

 aged class at the Ohio and Illinois state 

 fairs in 1898. As a 5-year-old she weighed 

 1900 pounds and possessed a beautiful 

 front, unusually fine top and bottom 

 lines, with a wealth of flesh smoothly 

 laid on. She was known on the circuit as 

 an extra fine cow. Lady of Meadowbrook 

 is three generations descended from Ab- 

 botsford 2702 on the sire's side, while on 

 the dam's side she goes back to imp. 

 Lovelock 4th 6046, a prize winner at the 

 Ohio state fair, as grandam, with Love- 

 lock 2889 as great-grandam and Laven- 

 der 2890 as igreat-great-grandam. 



As a calf Lady of Meadowbrook did not 

 particularly attract attention, and at the 

 New York state fair in 1895 she was third 

 in the Angus calf class, being also third 



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