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Mr. Weddle has little use for a bull of medium 

 quality, and for the past two years he has used 

 Butternut Sultan, a Bellows bred son of Sultan 

 Supreme, the sire of the 1916 International 

 grand champion Village Supreme that sold for 

 $16500. To succeed Butternut Sultan Mr. Wed- 

 dle recently bought of George F. Kellerman an 

 outstanding roan calf, one of the very best things 

 Mr. Kellerman has ever bred. This calf weighed 

 800 pounds at eight months old and would be con- 

 sidered an extra good one in any of America's 

 best herds. 



R. M. Beamon, Bronson. Mr. Beamon 's cows 

 are very uniform in general appearance and con- 

 formation. The herd is all red and he is one of 

 the few breeders who will not use a roan or a 

 white bull. Among the cows there is one that at- 

 tracts attention on sight. She is out of a daugh- 

 ter of imp. Collynie and her dam was pur- 

 chased by Bellows Bros, at Ed Hall's dispersion 

 for a good price. Two daughters of this cow 

 are in the herd. A new herd bull was bought at 

 the Linn County Breeders sale in November 1919. 

 The Beamon farm is well supplied with good 

 pasture, a prime requisite for best results and 

 one that is not always found in Allen county. 



C. H. Ronsick, Humboldt Mr. Eonsick 

 started right by buying choice stock at the South- 

 east Kansas Shorthorn sale which purchase in- 

 cluded two heifers from H. I. Gaddis' excellent 



