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S. S. Benedict of Wilson county, extensive 

 farmer and successful politician, was also a suc- 



NEW YEAR'S DELIGHT 

 Grand champion for Tomson Bros, everywhere in the West. 



cessful Shorthorn breeder. The herd was best 

 known in southeast Kansas. He used a suc- 

 cession of desirable bulls among which were 

 20th Earl of Valley Grove by Lord Mayor; 

 Banker 4th, bred by Powell Bros, of Missouri 

 and Williams Bros. ' noted show bull, Dr. Prim- 

 rose. 20th Earl of Valley Grove had been used 

 by P. C. Kingsley of Shawnee county where he 

 proved a great sire of good breeding cows and in 

 Senator Benedict's herd he fully sustained the 



