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the West. Two of America's best known cham- 

 pions, Whitehall Rosedale and Cupbearer, contri- 

 bute their quality to Queen's Gift. Her sire was 

 a son of the former and her dam was by a double 

 grandson of the latter and out of imp. Margery. 

 The Duthie bred imp. Sittyton Victoria 2d has a 

 granddaughter in the herd in Queen Victoria 

 by Snow King out of a dam by the well known 

 Duncan bull, Headlight. 



"By their fruits ye shall know them" applies 

 with special force to a herd bull and Mr. Russell 

 says he is willing to have his herd bull, Walnut 

 Type, so judged. His calves look unusually good. 

 He is by a Harding bred son of Whitehall Sultan 

 and out of the Dean Willis bred imp. Citrina by 

 Silver Plate, second dam by Roan Robin fol- 

 lowed by Gondolier, Cumberland, Barmpton and 

 Scotland's Pride, a line of breeding unexcelled. 

 Silver Plate, a white about two years old, is by 

 imp. Bapton Corporal. He is not a show bull 

 but if a young calf I saw by him is a sample of 

 his get, he will make his mark, for it involun- 

 tarily reminds one of its grandsire, imp. Bapton 

 Corporal. Mr. Russell considers Silver Plate a 

 very valuable breeding prospect. 



K. G. Gigstad, Lancaster. It is only reason- 

 able to conclude that a man who raised a load of 

 steers that were a national sensation would be 

 well qualified to raise toppy Shorthorns. Th;j 

 man who visits Mr. Gigstad 's farm expecting to 



