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652047 bred by Thos. Stanton of Illinois. His 

 sire is Sittyton Sultan's Dale by Avondale out of 

 a Whitehall Sultan cow. His dam is by Archer's 

 Hope by Nonpareil Archer 236802 out of Sosa 

 Hope 16th by Royal Prince. 



John W. Sherwood, Dunavant* It is a real 

 inspiration to look over the big, smooth, elegant- 

 ly finished cows on this farm. The foundation 

 was bought at the Fraser sale in 1911 and it was 

 an excellent offering. Under Mr. Sherwood's 

 care the cattle have gained, it seems to me, and 

 I shall credit this fact to his accidental purchase 

 of a high-class bull. Nonpareil Avondale, a son 

 of Avondale, was a red of 1906 and as an aged 

 bull he virtually made the Sherwood herd what 

 it is. Notwithstanding this, he cost less than a 

 cheap bull would now. 



There are nineteen females in this herd. Good 

 care is given and natural conditions favor devel- 

 opment. Empress of Oxford 3d, a daughter of 

 Falsetto, the great sire in the Fraser herd, and 

 representing on her dam's side the highest-class 

 families of cattle of any breed in the world's his- 

 tory and on her sire's sides the best lines of mod- 

 ern Scotch Shorthorns, is still producing excel- 

 lent calves. Her daughter, Little Empress by 

 Nonpareil Avondale, is also an outstanding cow. 

 While the bull now used is a good one, yet in com- 

 parison with his predecessor he can not be 



* Telephone, Winchester. 



