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Roan Lord sold for $10000 at the Gillespie dis- 

 persion and was considered by many the most 

 valuable bull in the sale. He is by the noted Car- 

 penter & Ross sire, Maxwalton Revolution and 

 out of Maxwalton Roan Lady, the greatest cow 

 of her day in America. I saw this year- 

 ling bull as a ten-month-old calf. He was 

 very massive and though not at all in high 

 flesh he weighed 814 pounds and impressed me 

 as one of the very best herd bull prospects I have 

 seen. As much as a bull calf could suggest resem- 

 blance to a cow, he recalls Maxwalton Roan 

 Lady with her almost incomparable wealth of 

 real meat and fine finish. It seems safe to pre- 

 dict that this young fellow, having his great an- 

 cestry and his individual merit, could hardly fail 

 to become a good sire. 



Frank X. Kelly, Gardner.* Mr. Kelly suc- 

 ceeded Kelly Bros, and is one of the best known 

 breeders in eastern Kansas. It is his aim to work 

 a constant improvement and he is rapidly get- 

 ting together a Shorthorn herd worthy of his 

 best efforts. The first public sale was held at 

 Ottawa June 6, 1919 when fifty head sold at an 

 average of about $300. A notable feature of this 

 sale was the very liberal support given by the 

 Johnson county neighborhood. 



In general the original purchase of females 

 did not differ materially from those found in 



Three-quarters mile west of Clare station on Santa Fe. 



