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an excellent bull and valuable sire for Mr. For- 

 bes. (See Forbes sketch.) A Leonard bred son 

 of Marengo's Choice out of a dam by Rosedale's 

 Choice now heads the herd. The ancestry of the 

 Rees cattle is of the best. 



Joseph J. Sobke, Bushong.* Four years ago 

 Mr. Sobke made his start and he now has 

 thirty females. The cattle are raised under fav- 

 orable conditions and are given reasonably gen- 

 erous treatment. In 1918 a nice addition of five 

 females was made by purchase from T. A. Bal- 

 lantyne and in 1919 a consignment from the herd 

 was made to the Eastern Kansas Breeders sale 

 at Ottawa. Mr. Sobke went to a splendid herd, 

 that of S. D. Mitchell, for his bull. He is the son 

 of Victoria's Best, a Leonard bred son of Mar- 

 engo's Choice. His darn is Orange Best 6th, a 

 cow bred by T. C. Robinson, the breeder of Mas- 

 ter of the Grove, International grand champion. 



MARION COUNTY 



J. R. Ely, Marion, t The Ely family has been 

 raising Shorthorns in Marion county for more 

 than twenty-five years and J. R. Ely just grew 

 into the business. He has a stock farm with 

 plenty of pasture, alfalfa and ensilage and is in a 

 position to get results from the farm feeds. His 

 herd is largely descended from the original 



* Telephone, Allen. 



t One mile east of Aulne. Telephone, Marion or Aulne. 



