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and from two purchased from B. B. & H. T. 

 Groom. Some of the best of these cattle are 

 still on the farm. 



Other purchases of good stock were made of 

 which only a few of those now in the herd will he 

 mentioned. Ewirig Acres Victoria, a handsome 

 dark roan, is by Linwood Dale. She comes from 

 the Ewing Bros.' Missouri herd and is by the 

 the sire of numerous prize winners. On her dam's 

 side she combines the blood of four of America's 

 and Europe's great Shorthorns, imp. Nonpareil 

 Victor, imp. Collynie, imp. Craven Knight and 

 imp. Princess Alice. Lady Katherine is a two- 

 year-old of great promise. She is out of a mag- 

 nificent cow by Captain Archer and would be a 

 credit to any herd. Lawndale Wildeyes 24th has 

 been and still is an extraordinary breeder. She 

 is a daughter of Falsetto out of a Falsetto dam. 

 second dam by Prince Royal 2d giving her the 

 cross to imp. Princess Alice, the greatest cow of 

 her day. Princess Beauty by Captain Archer 

 must be counted among the best cows I have seen 

 this year. She is large, very attractive, very 

 smoothly covered and has furnished several 

 valuable additions to the herd. Maid of Orleans 

 is another Fraser cow that has added wealth to 

 the herd in raising exceptionally good calves. 

 Two elegant young cows are Rosebud 7th and 

 White Beauty, both bred in Iowa and by 

 Prince Blythesome, a grandson of Victor Baron 



