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bred Cicelie's Model out of a dam by Braceful 

 Conqueror, a son of imp. Conqueror and imp. 

 Bracelet. There is no way to get better cattle 

 than by breeding such females to first-class 

 bulls. Mr. Wedd can, if he puts the necessary 

 care and feed into this herd, soon have a lot of 

 cattle of which any man would feel proud. He 

 is located in a community of Shorthorn breeders 

 where co-operation is practiced. 



A. L. Wiswell, Ocheltree. Mr. Wiswell is a 

 new man in the Shorthorn business, but he is full 

 of enthusiasm for the work. The three cows he 

 has purchased are good ones and are intended as 

 a foundation. Cottonwood Belle is by Handsome 

 Prince by a son of Blythe Pavonia and out of a 

 dam by Graceful Conqueror. Golden Nell is by 

 Golden Glow, a son of Andrew Pringle's Golden 

 Prince, out of a dam by imp. Thistletop. Aga- 

 tha's Fashion is one of Col. Andy J. James' 

 breeding, her ancestry being from Alex Fraser's 

 herd of Scotch cross Bates Shorthorns. This 

 cow has a promising yearling heifer by Kelly 

 Bros. ' Lavender Stamp. These four females are 

 of exceptional value in establishing a herd. 



Boyd Lorimer, Olathe. Mr. Lorimer, a mem- 

 ber of an old Johnson county Shorthorn family, 

 recently bought of Kelly Bros, two Shorthorn 

 cows. The one was bred by Col. Andy J. James 

 and is by one of his good bulls and out of a cow 

 from the Alex Fraser herd. The other cow came 



