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registered herd from the recorded ones, and ad- 

 ditions that will be made from time to time. Good 

 bulls have been used and the cattle are good. 

 Among recent sires was a son of Careless Con- 

 queror 2d by imp. Conqueror out of imp. Blythe- 

 some 15th. This bull was out of a dam by Violet 

 Chunk, a Duncan bred show bull by Headlight, 

 and proved an excellent sire. He was followed by 

 a son of Koyal Gloster, well known in the Garver 

 herd as a high-class show and breeding bull. This 

 farm, destined to become the home of a real 

 Shorthorn herd, is one of large pastures, splen- 

 didly watered, and big fields of alfalfa. 



J. M. Hamill, Grenola. Mr. Hamill has a 

 herd of about thirty females which he is keeping 

 in the ordinary farm way and he is getting fair 

 development. He finds a market for his surplus 

 at moderate prices near home and, while not ob- 

 taining the measure of success which would fol- 

 low more careful handling and more liberal feed- 

 ing, he is producing a useful class of cattle and 

 is securing far better returns than he could 

 secure from common stock. In addition to the 

 usual crosses from good bulls found in local 

 herds, Mr. HamilPs cattle carry a cross of Forbes 

 Bros.' Baron Gloster and the splendid Bates 

 bull, Peculated Wild Byes. The herd bull is by 

 Victor Hampton, a son of Hampton Spray. 



Chas. J. Buchele, Cedar Vale. Mr. Buchele 

 bought a few Shorthorns recently. One, Minnie 



