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which represent the choicest specimens from the 

 herd owned by their father, W. J. Brookover. 

 Their cattle descend from two cows, Collynie 

 Lass and Princess Violet 3d. Collynie Lass by 

 the 2800 pound Prince of Collynie, dam by Gold- 

 en Lad, a son of Mr. Dustin's Golden Eule and 

 imp. Germanica 2d, represents a line of breeding 

 that from the standpoint of excellent ancestry 

 and desirable blood lines could hardly be im- 

 proved. The other cow, Princess Violet 3d, was 

 bred by C. S. Nevius and sired by Prince 

 Pavonia and was purchased with a splendid 

 heifer calf by Searchlight at foot. The dam of 

 Princess Violet 3d was by the Westrope bred 

 Gloster and the line of descent further down is 

 of the best, doubtless such as to meet the ap- 

 proval of the most critical. Mr. Brookover paid 

 $525 for this cow and calf in the days when $100 

 bought a very good cow. It is not surprising 

 that satisfactory results have followed the use of 

 good bulls on such foundation stock t and that 

 this herd is in line for recognition in the near 

 future. 



In the main, the bulls in use have been the ex- 

 cellent ones owned by H. G. Brookover, also the 

 splendid show and breeding, bull, Blythe Con- 

 queror, used and shown successfully by C. F. 

 Wolf & Son. He was by imp. Conqueror out of 

 imp. Blythesome 15th and a few big, beefy cows 

 by him speak well for his worth as a sire. A 



