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at different sales and they were all good ones. A 

 recent visit to the farm has added to the favor- 

 able impression I held of the cattle and of Mr. 

 Gaddis himself '. There are more than fifty fe- 

 males on the farm. They are of medium size, 

 both extremes being well avoided. They are an 

 unusually neat lot of cows with good heads and 

 necks, feminine, yet not delicate, in appearance, 

 the class of females that experienced breeders 

 would select as profitable producers. Bulls sold 

 from this herd have proved these assertions in 

 several instances by winning in state fair con- 

 tests. Mr. Gaddis has been a contributor to 

 the Central Sale at Kansas City, the Kansas 

 National at Wichita and the Southeast Kansas 

 both at Cof f eyville and Independence and his of- 

 fering is always well received. The herd was 

 founded in 18C8 by his father and himself and he 

 has been sole owner for a dozen years. 



Sultan's Queen by Red Sultan is one of the 

 best cows. Her sire is by Village Sultan, a son 

 of Whitehall Sultan out of imp. Village Maid 

 30th. Her dam is Village Cup 3d. Rosebud 5th 

 is by Orange Model, one of the most favorably 

 known sires in the West and her dam is by Lav- 

 ender Viceroy by the International grand cham- 

 pion, Lavender Viscount. A large part of the 

 Gaddis herd is of similar breeding and most of 

 the herd is of the most popular blood lines 

 throughout. 



