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cows on hand, and calves from her, if well devel- 

 oped, should be in demand at strong prices. This 

 establishment is a great credit to Harvey county. 



O. A. Homan & Sons, Peabody. When Mr. 

 Homan was a young man he worked twenty- 

 eight months on a Shorthorn farm in Illinois 

 and during this time he caught the spirit. He 

 decided that as soon as he could, he would own a 

 good herd of Shorthorns. His chance came 

 twenty-five years ago when he began breeding 

 in a small way. Later he bought ten cows and 

 heifers of Col. Ed Green, then of Florence. All 

 these cows were sired either by imp. Ardlethen 

 Mystery or Double Champion and some of the 

 Ardlethen Mystery cows were carrying Double 

 Champion calves. It was a satisfactory pur- 

 chase, not only because of the quality of the 

 stock, but also because it included cows that in 

 some cases were of the most desirable blood lines 

 of the day. 



One of these cows was Pride of Greendale 2d 

 out of Village Pride by imp. Invincible. This 

 cow has numerous descendants in the herd. 

 There are still on the farm six cows by Ardlethen 

 Mystery, two by imp. Aberdeen and two by 

 Double Champion. The Double Champion cows 

 have been a good lot wherever I have seen them 

 and, being from a bull of merit and first-class 

 ancestry, they should be so. Double Champion 

 was by the champion, Choice Goods, and his dam 



