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sas breeder. When the Cruickshank cattle came 

 in, he bought an imported Scotch bull but soon 

 sold him and bought another named Lavender 



RESIDENCE OF T. J. SANDS, EOBINSON 



Mr. Sands laid the foundation for prosperity at Mr. Johnson's 



dispersion sale. 



Lad. Later he bought imp. Nonpareil 35th by 

 Kintore Hero. From this cow he raised a bull, 

 Nonpareil Lad, used in the herd until the time of 

 his sale about 1900. Mr. Johnson sold many good 

 bulls in his part of the state and he always sold 

 to the man who wanted one on credit. ' ' I always 

 thought," he said, "that a man who was ambi- 

 tious enough to own a good bull couldn't be far 



wrong." 



A Period of Expansion. The year 1870 saw 



