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from good ancestry which gives them good pedi- 

 grees and I thought it might be a fine thing if 

 more breeders selected their stock with only in- 

 dividual merit as their guide. 



Lant Bros., Dennis. This firm some years ago 

 made a very fortunate purchase of a first-class 

 daughter of imp. Inglewood and out of a cow by 

 Eoyal Secret, second dam by imp. Scotchman. 

 From this cow they have sold numerous animals 

 at good prices including two young cows at $400 

 each and they have a well selected, though not 

 large, herd on hand. To the original purchase 

 was added in 1919, a roan daughter of Linwood 

 Victorious, a Cock Robin, Forbes bred bull of 

 great excellence also a heifer by Secret Baron, 

 purchased from H. I. Gaddis. At the fall South- 

 east Kansas sale, they secured a valuable cow 

 with heifer calf at foot by Master of the Dales. 



The herd bull comes from Canada and his 

 pedigree is strong in Duthie and Marr breeding. 

 He is an attractive roan, smooth and close to the 

 ground and the young calves I saw by him looked 

 good. Lant Bros, won a reputation as breeders 

 of Durocs and I have reason to believe they will 

 handle these Shorthorns in .a manner that will 

 get results. 



E. E. Fiske, Cherryvale. Mr. Fiske had been 

 breeding Shorthorns for four years when he 

 decided to improve by selling off all but the 

 best. The animals retained consisted of a 



