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the point of placing individual merit second. He 

 recognizes, full well, that the Scotch cattle saved 

 the American Shorthorn, but he refuses to accept 

 the theory that all merit rests in the so-called 

 Scotch families. On this farm are found several 

 very valuable cows and their descendants that 

 come from Mr. Vailc's noted importation from 

 the J. I. D. Jefferson herd. These cows are by 

 Secret Archer, a full brother to Wistful, men- 

 tioned above. The two-year-old heifer, that in 

 John Kramer's herd won top honors and sold at 



GAZELLE 8TH AND CALF 

 Noted prize winners have come from this family. 



the American Royal Sale in November 1918 for 

 $1250 for export to South America was out of 

 one of these cows and by Mistletoe Archer, a bull 

 of Mr. Hill's breeding. He is selling with 



