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retained longer but for the purchase of a red, 

 imp. Myreton Seal, a Bruce bred son of Sir Star. 

 This bull has good length, he is smooth and even, 

 with nice head and neck and is attractive, but 

 like most of the bulls recently imported, is not 

 so well grown out as our best American speci- 

 mens. Two other additions to the herd recently 

 acquired by purchase are Saturn Secret and 

 Choice Butterfly. Saturn Secret was bred by 

 Mr. Harshberger and sired by Sir Charming 

 10th. Her dam was out of a daughter of imp. 

 Knight Templar. Choice Butterfly is by Col- 

 lynie Goods who was a full brother to Diamond 

 Emblem, he having had for sire the champion, 

 Diamond Goods and for dam the elegant cow, 

 Emily by imp. Collynie. (See H. M. Hill sketch.) 



If the reader will stop to consider the value of 

 a foundation such as is presented in this herd, he 

 will be convinced that it is the right way to begin. 

 The idea of the Lukerts was to get the kind of 

 cattle they wanted and in doing so they got ele- 

 gant ancestry as well, for only rarely do first- 

 class Shorthorns come from any but first-class 

 ancestors. 



John McCoy & Son, Sabetha. There are few 

 better herds in Kansas than the McCoy herd. 

 It is one of the oldest in the state and after forty- 

 one years is still partially under the. care of the 

 founder. The foundation was laid with excellent 

 judgment. Mr. McCoy tells the story of how he 



