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breeding typical of splendid results. They ha ve 

 added to their purchases some of the very best of 

 Mr. Leidy's later acquisitions. Roan Violet, an 

 outstanding three-year-old heifer, a daughter of 

 the excellent sire, Wooddale Chieftain, a son of 

 The Choice of All, is out of a cow by Violet 

 Chunk, an outstanding sire of H. C. Duncan's 

 breeding. Mr. and Mrs. Leidy reluctantly 

 parted with this cow. Roxana, a splendid roan 

 by Secret Robin, now at the head of Miss M .V. 

 Stanley's herd (see Stanley sketch) is out of a 

 dam by Wooddale Chieftain followed by Lord 

 Mayor 3d and Secret Archer, all strictly high- 

 class bulls. Another excellent purchase was the 

 red, Geraldine, that in her three top crosses 

 carries the blood of famous sires such as Lord 

 Lovel, Lavender Viscount and imp. Cupbearer. 

 With proper handling this should become a 

 first-class herd. 



A. G. Sowers, Leon. At the Leidy sale held 

 recently, Mr. Sowers made four valuable addi- 

 tions to his little herd. His cows are of the same 

 breeding as Mr. Leidy's and are good individ- 

 uals. This herd is built on a foundation largely 

 representative of the most famous cattle of any 

 breed in the world's history, the Bates Oxfords, 

 Kirklevingtons and Duchesses and it is nicely 

 topped out with Scotch bulls. Searchlight Lad 

 by Searchlight; Silk Goods by Choice Goods; 

 Falsetto, the famous sire in the Fraser herd and 



