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individually, especially since the cows mentioned 

 are foundation stock and will suffice to indicate 

 the quality of the herd. A valuable addition was 

 made at the Holmes-Harris sale in November 

 1918. Crystal Maid, bred by J. F. Stodder and 

 sired by Captain Archer, one. of the best bulls of 

 the breed and out of the show cow, Innocence, by 

 Mr. Nelson's imp. Bapton Arrow, was bought at 

 the top price of the sale. This cow is not only by 

 the sire of show stock of international repute and 

 out of a show cow sired by a wonderful bull, but 

 si ic herself has a showy ard record not equalled 

 by any other Kansas cow now living. In addition 

 to this she is very prolific and an excellent breed- 

 er and she, as well as the calf annually shown 

 with her at the Kansas State Fair, has excited 

 the admiration of the Shorthorn fraternity. 



At the Gillespie sale where a rare collection of 

 top cows called out buyers from many states, Mr. 

 Hill bought three excellent cows by Hampton 

 Spray. They were all bred to Roan Lord, 

 the son of Maxwalton Roan Lady and were 

 selected with the view of getting a herd bull for 

 use at Sycamore Springs. Three bull calves are 

 now following these cows in the pasture and are 

 being closely watched for development. That 

 they are good prospects goes without saying. 



The sketch above was written in June 1919 and 

 it applies now as forcibly as it did at that time. 



Mr. Hill is not partial to any blood lines to 



