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The conditions for growing cattle on this farm 

 are good. Alfalfa and all tame grasses flourish 

 and ensilage is used in the ration. The breeding 

 herd now numbers about thirty-five cows and 

 heifers. The cows are given good farm care and 

 the young stock is fed grain. Most of the ma- 

 tured cows are medium in size and some are 

 large. In addition to the cows longest on the 

 farm, which came from such herds as Keller- 

 mans and that of Morse & Sons there have been 

 added in the past two years some desirable fe- 

 males. Occasional additions by purchase are 

 contemplated. Orange Lad and Orange Major, 

 two of Linn county's best known bulls, have been 

 used, followed by the Nevius bred Duchess 

 Searchlight by Searchlight. King's Choice, an 

 excellent, big, red bull of approved breeding and 

 with an unusual covering of flesh in the valuable 

 parts, is now being used. 



Guy Rowley & Son, Prescott. The aim on this 

 farm is to produce a class of Shorthorns good 

 for beef and milk and to raise these cattle so that 

 they will be within reach of the farm trade. A 

 start has been made in this direction with twenty- 

 five females of breeding age. Eobinetta 4th is a 

 Kpical cow. of the class desired. Her sire, Mistle- 

 toe Archer, is out of Sweet Mistletoe, the dam of 

 JLespedeza Collynie, the 1919 International 

 -grand champion. Her dam is a daughter of 

 Robin, the bull selected from Col. Harris' herd 



