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put size, quality and milk into nearly everything 

 he sired and was by imp. Lavender Lad out of a 

 cow by imp. Baron Cruickshank and since Vis- 

 count of Anoka was a great sire and one of 

 America's greatest show bulls, it is easy 

 to see why Sweet Novelette 2d should be espe- 

 cially valuable. 



Roan Heather and Sweet Novelette 2d are rep- 

 resentative in value and in quality of ancestry, of 

 the cows. Of the bulls, Richelieu, mentioned 

 above, was probably most used. Castellar 449- 

 834, a very rugged, deep-bodied roan, is now in 

 service. On his sire's side he carries the blood 

 of Snowflake, sire of Ringmaster, the only bull 

 ever three times International grand champion, 

 and that of imp. Bessie 51st, the dam of White 

 Goods, probably the best son of Choice Goods. 

 Castellar 's dam is by Victor Sultan, a son of 

 Whitehall Sultan that won fame as an outstand- 

 ing sire in George Allen's herd. 



W. S. Bozeman, Colony. Mr. Bozeman has 

 been breeding Shorthorns for nine years and at 

 the time of my visit his herd numbered twenty 

 head of breeding age. Either the foundation pur- 

 chases were made with exceptional judgment 

 or Mr. Bozeman was unusually fortunate. At 

 any rate, he has a good herd and as is generally 

 the case, it is well loaded with the blood of real 

 Shorthorns. Among the ancestors found in the 

 top crosses are such bulls as imp. Magenta, 



