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purchase made by his father which came from 

 the best herds in the surrounding territory and 

 an occasional female is being added. The cows 

 are of good size and the twenty yearling heifers 

 seen in one pasture are an attractive lot. The pro- 

 duction of this herd furnishes an example of 

 what a young man did at very little more expense 

 than would have been incurred in raising grades 

 and the net profits have been much greater. In 

 quality and size the cattle are quite even, but 

 I noticed one cow that would attract attention 

 anywhere. She is similar in breeding to the rest 

 and is by Pride of Aulne, a C. W. Taylor bred 

 bull by Silvery Knight. Three daughters of this 

 five-year-old cow are in the herd and all pro- 

 mise to develop into COW T S of her type and quality. 

 As a foundation this cow and her heifers are a 

 fine prospect. 



In general, Mr. Ely has used bulls of good 

 type and breeding and has obtained very sat- 

 isfactory results. Two came from D. P. Nor- 

 ton. Crescent was by Buccaneer out of a cow 

 by Cora's Commander 102268 and the other was 

 by Lord Lieutenant 120019. Knight of Hope 

 was by Jubilee Knight bred by the Kansas State 

 Agricultural College. Golden Mariner by imp. 

 Mariner and Aulne Duke by a son of the Harris 

 bred Vandal were two of the bulls last used. 

 A first-class young bull was secured, April 1920 

 in Red King bred by Jos. Duncan & Son. He is 



