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While this herd is splendidly developed along 

 beef producing lines, special attention is being 

 paid to milk development. All the cows are far 

 above the average as milkers and Villager Mag- 

 net, the herd bull, is from heavy milking ances- 

 try of the best Scotch type, his dam having given 

 six gallons of milk per day. 



In a general way, Mr. Abildgaard handles his 

 cattle for best results without overcrowding. The 

 herd receives liberal care and the young stock 

 is grown and developed to reach what the merit 

 of its good ancestry makes possible. It is evi- 

 dent that the cost per day does not enter into the 

 calculation so much as does the result to be ob- 

 tained and the ultimate profit to be derived from 

 intelligent care and feeding. Mr. Abildgaard 's 

 location on an ideal stock farm and the co-oper- 

 ation of such boys as his sons, assures for his 

 cattle a leading place among Kansas herds. 



Since the article above was written, Mr. Abild- 

 gaard has purchased J. E. Paton's excellent 

 herd. This includes two cows of outstanding 

 merit. One comes from the Kansas State Agri- 

 cultural College and is by that great sire, Match- 

 less Dale. The other comes from C. E. Leonard 

 and represents the very best of the ancestry 

 for which that herd is famous. He has also 

 bought a splendid producing daughter of Cap- 

 tain Archer out of a Bellows bred Cruickshank 

 Columbia cow and two Stunkel bred Star Goods 



