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many other good ones that might be mentioned. 

 At no time has any effort been made to use spec- 

 ial blood lines, Mr. Baird demanding size and 

 true Shorthorn character rather than certain 

 kinds of breeding. He has had local demand for 

 the bulls and the females have so far been re- 

 tained in the herd. There are now on the farm a 

 lot of heifers sired by Marshall's Best, a son of 

 the Hanna bred Scottish Chief and to mate with 

 these, the massive roan bull, Silverheel, has been 

 purchased. He is by Silvermine, well known in 

 Stodder's and Marshall Bros.' herds. He is a 

 good one from end to end and he should be a val- 

 uable breeding bull. Mr. Baird is one of the 

 state's heavy farmers, progressive and up to date 

 in every way, and the Shorthorns produced here 

 will be satisfactory to purchasers. 



J. A. Fasken & Son, Atlanta. J. A. Fasken & 

 Son have a splendid tract of land on which to 

 handle cattle. They began breeding in Morris 

 county about fourteen years ago, going to Cow- 

 ley county seven years ago. The present herd 

 was founded by purchases from David Ballan- 

 tyne & Sons of Herington and those who knew 

 the Ballantyne herd know there was a rare 

 opportunity to select foundation stock. Five of 

 the cows secured were by Collynie Pride, a splen- 

 did Hanna bred son of Collynie, that had for 

 dam one of the excellent cows coming from 

 Elbert & Fall, and four were by Marshall 



