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be better in the near future. The herd was estab- 

 lished twenty-one years ago, but the present herd 

 comes from purchases made from Alex Eraser, 

 representing Prince Royal 2d, Falsetto and Silk 

 Goods, on the great foundation of cows, nearly 

 all coming from George Allen. A later addition 

 to the herd was a lot of cows bought from Adams 

 and Grant that were sired by the excellent bull, 

 Kingdom Come. This bull was a son of Fair 

 Goods, out of a daughter of the noted Young 

 Nominee. There were also added some cows by 

 Villager Valentine, a good son of the great Vil- 

 lager and a few by Baron Marr and Lord Banff 

 2d came from the H. E. Hayes herd. Recently 

 there have been purchased a few daughters of 

 Prince Valentine 4th, recognized as one of the 

 best bulls in the state. 



Good bulls have been consistently used. A Mc- 

 Dermott bred son of Fair Goods, one from Bro- 

 naugh by Clara's Choice and a nice, smooth roan 

 now in use coming from Fleming Bros, were 

 all of choice breeding. The herd has num- 

 bered a hundred head but recent sales have 

 reduced it to less than one-half that number. 

 Col. James is planning additions by purchase 

 shortly and these are to be strictly high-class rep- 

 resentatives of the breed. 



A suitable bull to head such a herd is already 

 on the farm. He is a roan of September 1918 

 and bred by F. A. Gillespie & Sons. His sire, 



