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these are by Defender, a son of Barmpton 

 Knight, out of a cow by Sir Charming 4th. The 

 dam of these cows is by St. Valentine 12th, one 

 of the sons of the great St. Valentine, and 

 their grandam is by 86th Duke of Wildwood, a 

 son of the noted show bull, Golden Victor. An- 

 other Defender cow comes through Athenian 

 Coronet 4th by imp. Bapton Coronet and her 

 dam is by Prime Minister by imp. Prince of 

 Perth. Both Athenian Coronet 4th and Prime 

 Minister were well known in Andrew Pringle's 

 herd. The bull on the farm at the time of my 

 visit was not up to the desired standard but he 

 will be replaced by a better one as soon as a 

 change can be made. Mr. Haag lives near Mr. 

 Waynant and will use Superior Rosedale until 

 he secures a satisfactory bull of his own. 



J. Mack, Soldier. Mr. Mack has a herd of 

 fifty-five cows and he has been breeding for 

 twelve years. His original purchase was made 

 from Henry Haub and the entire herd is de- 

 scended from this purchase. The method of 

 handling has been to grow the cattle on the ordin- 

 ary farm feeds without effort to secure extraor- 

 dinary growth, yet to make conditions such as 

 to develop fair size. Mr. Mack tells me that the 

 dry cows and non-breeders sent to market have 

 weighed about 1400 pounds. Bulls have been 

 purchased from Knox of Missouri, Merriam of 

 Topeka, Brown of Onaga and Rolf of Whitmore. 



