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bull and proper care, would become the founda- 

 tion for a valuable herd of Shorthorns. 



E. C. Meissner, Colony. Mr. Meissner \s foun- 

 dation was bought at the Cof f eyville sale in 1918 

 and consisted of a Stunkel bred heifer by Im- 

 perial Goods out of a Victor Orange cow, one by 

 Mistletoe Stamp, full of the Hanna-Hill blood 

 lines and two by Mr. Massa's great bull, Kansas 

 Prince, out of cows by Master Prince 6th, son of 

 Prince Pavoiiia. Mr. Meissner has a fairly good 

 bull, which on these heifers should furnish the 

 prime requisite for the building up of a credit- 

 able Shorthorn herd. The impression I gained 

 while at the farm was that if Mr. Meissner de- 

 cided to put up a first-class herd he would do it. 



R. H. Trimmell, Garnett Mr. Trimmell has 

 all the requisites for success in the Shorthorn 

 business. He has the disposition to demand qual- 

 ity in whatever goes into his breeding herd and he 

 impressed me as being a good care-taker. The 

 cows come largely from high-class ancestry. One 

 of the best ones is a recent purchase from J. C. 

 Robison, Duchess Aberdeen by Victoria's Cor- 

 onet 541677. One of the bulls used was Sir 

 Magnet 5th by Searchlight Jr. Another was 

 Sycamore Sunblaze 2d from the Cowham farm. 

 The present herd bull, I saw as a calf. He bears 

 the popular name, Gen. Pershing, and looks like 

 the making of a creditable bull. 



A. J. Tippin, Greeley. Mr. Tippin is an old 



