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one of the three noted sons of the cham- 

 pion, Choice Goods out of the famous 

 Rosedale Violet 9th. Her dam is imp. Emerald 

 4th from Wm. Norie's herd and sired by Wrang- 

 ler, son of Mr. Duthie's greatest bull, Scottish 

 Archer. Silver Lavender is a promising daugh- 

 ter of Cumberland Star 703360 out of a Leonard 

 bred daughter of Wooddale Stamp, one of the 

 best known sons of the Choice of All. This heifer, 

 judged by her ancestry ard her merit, should de- 

 velop into a magnificent cow. The herd bull is 

 Velvet Type, a prize winner at the Kansas Na- 

 ational and a bull of such quality as is seldom 

 found at the head of a small herd. His sire is 

 Narcissus Type, the Cumberland's Type bull 

 used at the Kansas State Agricultural College, 

 and his dam is Golden Lavender 4th by Wood- 

 dale Stamp out of a cow by Marengo's Viscount. 

 Chas. M. Baird, Arkansas City. Mr. Baird 

 has the large herd of Cowley county and it is a 

 good, useful one, where cattle are kept in a nat- 

 ural way, reaching normal development and re- 

 sponding well to care and attention. The cows 

 represent a desirable line of ancestry, well bred 

 bulls have been used ever since breeding opera- 

 tions were begun. The herd is descended from 

 such sires as Golden Victor Jr., used for a num- 

 ber of years by H. M. Hill ; Scott Jr., locally fa- 

 mous as a show bull in the Butler county herd of 

 W. J. Snodgrass; Galahad, Col. Harris' bull and 



