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being very attractive and they would be credit- 

 able specimens in any herd. Plenty of roughage 

 including alfalfa, and pasture, are the feeds 

 which have done the work. 



The purchase of foundation stock descended 

 from a line of good bulls gives a clue to the suc- 

 cess of things. ' The earliest purchases are in the 

 main representative of such bulls as D. P. Nor- 

 ton's British Lion, Clay & Winn's Golden Victor 

 Alex Eraser's Crown Prince of Lawndale and 

 15th Duke of Hilldale, Purdy Bros.' Lord 

 Champion, V. R. Ellis' Godwin, Harriman 

 Bros.' Proud Monarch and New Goods, Kelly 

 Bros.' Banning, John McCoy's Pride of Col- 

 lynie, Tomsons' Barmpton Knight, Bellows 

 Bros.' Good Choice and Merry Hampton and 

 Peculated Wild Eyes, two of the breed's great 

 bulls to which no special individual can lay claim. 

 It is only natural that cows descended from such 

 a line of bulls and given a chance for de- 

 velopment should be highly satisfactory in a 

 breeding herd. 



One among the best cows that I saw is a big 

 roan, Augusta by name. Her sire is by Pride of 

 Collynie, a full brother to Mistletoe 15th, dam of 

 the 1919 International grand champion. She is 

 suckling a big, lusty calf and will easily weigh 

 1600 pounds on grass alone. Another excellent cow 

 is Alma Eose 4th bred by Loch Bros, of Nebraska. 

 She is by Scotch Goods, a son of Good Choice, 



