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producing cattle for service that will give maxi- 

 mum results from the feed consumed and one of 

 the requirements is that the cows be good milkers. 

 Pushing for extra development is not practiced, 

 but thrift and a good growth are maintained. 

 The result is that cattle purchased here are not 

 stunted, yet will respond well to good farm care. 

 The herd consists of choicely bred cows. One 

 of the most valuable and best is Collynie Prim- 

 rose and she is so royally bred that but few cows 

 in America could be classed as having a pedigree 

 as good. Her sire, imp. Collynie, has the distinc- 

 tion of being sired by the world's greatest pres- 

 ent day breeder, Wm. Duthie. Collynie 's dam, 

 Lavender 45th, was Mr. Cruickshank's favorite 

 from among all his Lavenders and her ancestors 

 for five generations were all bred by Cruick- 

 shank and were the cattle that made Scotch 

 Shorthorns famous the world over. Collynie 

 Primrose is out of Primrose 6th, one of the 

 smoothest, thickest, large cows in Mr. Hanna's 

 herd when that herd was at its best. Primrose 

 6th was by imp. Inglewood, a 2500 pound show 

 bull at four years old and the sire of much out- 

 standing stock including the dam of Ingle Lad, 

 now famous as the sire of great producing cows 

 such as Lad's Emma, second dam of the grand 

 champion, Lady Supreme. But this is not all. 

 Primrose 6th was out of imp. Primrose 4th by 

 Scottish Archer, an own sister to the cow that 



