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Rosedale, a full brother to his sire and for three 

 years grand champion at leading western state 

 fairs and the American Royal. Murdoch Bros. 

 figure rightly that it is better to pay out a 

 little more money at the first in order to begin 

 with good Shorthorns than to buy a cheap 

 lot and gradually improve. They were fortunate 

 in securing a nice lot of heifer calves which gives 

 them a good start toward putting up a real herd. 



C. S. Catlin & Son, Olathe. This herd of cows 

 impressed me very favorably. They are large and 

 smooth, close to the ground and thick-fleshed. 

 Their breeding is of the kind that has produced 

 so many excellent cattle, a crossing of choice 

 Bates cows with thick Scotch bulls. The herd is 

 largely descended from one cow, Kirklevington 

 Duchess of L. Her sire and dam were both bred 

 by Geo. Allen & Sons and her grandam was imp. 

 Kirklevington Lady by the famous 2d Duke of 

 Weatherby. Winsome Magnet 6th, one of the 

 best cows, is by Matchless Avon by Matchless 

 Dale, the great son of Avondale, that at thirteen 

 years old is still siring valuable cattle at 

 the Kansas State Agricultural College. The 

 dam of this cow was by Roan Choice a son of C. 

 J. Wood's prize winning Roan Hero. Winsome 

 Magnet is a Matchless Dale type and the other 

 cows in the herd are very similar to her in con- 

 formation. 



The bull is a big, straight, thick fellow, not a 



