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and to Pride of Collynie, a great sire in John 

 McCoy's herd. Her second dam is by Golden 

 Lancaster, almost a full brother to Lavender Vis- 

 count. This cow is suckling a seven-month-old 

 heifer that is a first-class show and breeding 

 prospect and the cow herself is carrying smooth, 

 heavy flesh on grass alone. Another of the best 

 things on the farm is a red by Village Archer, a 

 son of Gregg's Villager, out of a daughter of 

 Barmpton Knight. Her dam is also by Barmp- 

 ton Knight followed by Gallant Knight and Vis- 

 count of Anoka, giving her in the first four 

 crosses four of the best bulls that could be found 

 west of the Mississippi. The cows in the entire 

 herd are well loaded with the best blood of the 

 breed. They are good producers and are being 

 bred to one of the best sires ever owned in south- 

 east Kansas, the roan, Kansas Prince. 



Kansas Prince is a massive son of Mistletoe 

 Archer. He is open to slight criticism at each 

 end but he has a great middle and stands near 

 the ground. As a sire Kansas Prince has few 

 equals in the state. Every one of his calves I 

 have seen is almost faultless and, regardless of 

 the class of cows, the calves are show stock of the 

 better type and great growers and fleshers. At 

 the Southeast Kansas Shorthorn Show in Cof- 

 feyville the Kansas Prince calves took second 

 place in only one instance. It seemed next to 

 useless to show against them. The oldest of 



