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stock closely descended from the best Shorthorns 

 of the day and they are cattle of real excellence. 



W. K. Craig, Garnett. Mr. Craig has been in 

 the business for ten years, having laid his foun- 

 dation in the purchase of the cow, Secret Airdrie, 

 from H, M. Hill's herd. This cow, as her name 

 implies, united Mr,. Hanna's Secrets and Mr. 

 Hill's I?aiiny_Airdries, two of the best families 

 of Shorthorns in :,the state. Her sire was the 

 wonderful bull, Prince of Collynie, which gave 

 Mr. Craig a foundation good enough for any 

 practical man. The bulls used since then have 

 been representative of Searchlight, Gallant 

 Knight, Victorious and imp. Collynie. The herd 

 consists of about a dozen females, all descended 

 from the Prince of Collynie cow. Mr. Craig 

 plans to buy a first-class bull soon. 



H. C. Doering, Garnett. Mr. Doering is 

 breeding some good Shorthorns on his farm just 

 outside the city. He has been paying special at- 

 tention to milking quality and his cows are a 

 nice, even lot of medium size, the kind that raise 

 splendid calves and milk well after weaning the 

 calves. At the time of my visit, the herd con- 

 sisted of about twenty females and an excellent 

 lot of young things by Ingle Marr, a bull strong 

 in the blood of Collynie, that had been used for 

 several seasons. Besides Ingle Marr some first- 

 class sires are found in the top crosses of this 

 herd, such as Ingle Lad, Lavender King 4th and 



