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CATTLE 



The Lavender tribe was one of the later families established 

 at Sittyton. In 1870 Mr. Cruickshank bought some Lavender 

 cows from Mr. Butler of Badminton, England, and these traced 

 back to the old Lenton blood of John Wilkinson. Lavender 



FIG. 86. Pride of Oakdale 496710, calved in 1916, and many times champion. 



A fine example of Shorthorn character. Bred and owned by F. R. Edwards, Tiffin, 



Ohio. From photograph by Hildebrand, by courtesy of Mr. Edwards 



1 6th, by Lord Lansdowne (29128), and Lavender 1 7th, by Royal 

 Duke of Gloster (20901), were the two outstanding females of 

 this tribe in Cruickshank's hands. Count Lavender (60545), 

 celebrated as a sire in the herd of J. Deane Willis, was of this 

 tribe, which has long been popular in America. 



