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Orange Victor 454255 by Premier Victor 385110, 

 is a grandson of Whitehall Sultan and out of a 

 dam by the Norton bred Courtier 4th. Orange 

 Victor did some service in Mr. Scholz's herd and 

 is siring a splendid class of calves. 



BARBEK COUNTY 



V. E. DeGeer, Deerhead.* In 1908 Mr. De- 

 Geer stepped into the business which his father 

 had established in 1892. There are sixty females 

 in the herd. The calf crop is being sold off every 

 fall and these calves are giving satisfaction. 

 Duchess of Ardlethen is by imp. Ardlethen Mys- 

 tery and her dam is by Lord Nonpareil 2d, son 

 of Golden Lord, the last bull used by Col, Harris. 

 Emblem's Victoria is by imp. Proud Emblem 

 Jr., one of Oklahoma's popular sires, and her 

 dam is Lovely Victoria by Lovely Sultan 2d 307- 

 481. Christmas is by Daring Archer, a Tomson 

 bred son of Archer, he by imp. Collynie out of 

 imp. Circe 3d. The dam of Christmas is by Lav- 

 ender's Choice, a George Bothwell bred son of 

 Golden Lavender out of imp. Winifred 4th. 

 Some of the cows have pedigrees that would meet 

 with approval anywhere. 



Bulls of a splendid line have been used ; Baron 

 Godoy by Godoy Butterfly out of Barmpton's 

 Joy, the dam of Barmpton Knight ; imp. Ardle- 

 then Mystery used and much advertised by Col. 



* Station, Lake City ; telephone, Ranchman 's, Lake City. 



