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H. J. Waddell, Olathe. Mr. Waddell has 

 made satisfactory selections, one of Ms cows be- 

 ing by Matchless Avon, a son of the noted Kan- 

 sas State Agricultural College bull, Matchless 

 Dale, one of the most renowned sons of Avondale. 

 On her dam's side she combines the blood of imp. 

 Princess Lovely, a grandson of Mr. Duthie's 

 famous Scottish Archer and Senator Benedict's 

 well known Banker 4th. Another cow is by King 

 Gloster, a bull of T. J. Blake's breeding and out 

 of a cow by Prince Pavonia, one of Mr. Nevius' 

 best herd bulls. The herd bull comes from S. B. 

 Haskins and is by the J. H. Walker bred Rube 

 Evergreen. 



KINGMAN COUNTY 



Bennington Bros., Rago.* Thirty-five years 

 ago, C. Bennington began breeding Shorthorns 

 in Iowa. Twelve years ago he came with his 

 family to Kansas, bringing fourteen cows with 

 him. The firm was known as C. Bennington & 

 Sons until after the father's death which oc- 

 curred three years ago when it became Benning- 

 ton Bros. A large grade herd has been kept 

 along with the pure bred one, but the Benning- 

 tons say that the day of the grade cow is almost 

 past with them because they find the pure bred 

 much more profitable. 



Their herd is descended from three cows which 



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