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young cows at $1000 each to go into a good Mis- 

 souri herd and had refused the same price for 

 two more because he felt he needed them in his 

 business. Mr. Sands will not be likely to make 

 the mistake so frequently made by breeders, that 

 of selling anything in the herd regardless of 

 whether he can spare it or not. Retaining one's 

 best is the only way of achieving success as a 

 breeder. 



Mr. Sands has proceeded and is still proceed- 

 ing along what is usually known as the line of 

 least resistance. He intends to sell his customers 

 what they want rather than to try to sell them 

 what they are not looking for. In order to meet 

 all demands which might be made as far as pedi- 

 gree is concerned, he has built up his herd on 

 very popular foundations and has used bulls of 

 entirely approved breeding. This enables him to 

 supply the demand of the man who is crit- 

 ical where blood lines are concerned, in fact he 

 himself is one of the most critical of men in this 

 regard, probably because of his desire to have his 

 herd unobjectionable to any one in this respect. 



It would be of little interest to tell in detail of 

 purchases made by Mr. Sands nearly thirty 

 years ago and I shall confine myself to the ani- 

 mals that have gone to build up the present herd. 

 Lady Cinderella, bred by George Allen, a daugh- 

 ter of Lord Missie 252006, was out of imp. Lady 

 Clara 4th bred by Duthie and sired by Golden 



