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these calves at twenty months weighed 1550 

 pounds and he had not been pushed heavily. 

 Kansas Prince comes by this worth honestly. His 

 sire is by Prince Royal, son of imp. Collynie and 

 imp. Princess Royal 62d and out of Sweet Mis- 

 tletoe, the dam of Lespedeza Collynie, grand 

 champion at the International in 1919. The dam 

 of Kansas Prince is Princess Columbia, an 1800 

 pound daughter of Prince of Collynie, one of the 

 most remarkable, big, beefy bulls I have ever 

 seen. He, too, was by imp. Collynie and his dam 

 was by Royal Knight, probably the best son of 

 the great cow, imp. Princess Alice. 



I. L. Swinney, Independence.* Mr. Swin- 

 ney's original purchases were mainly of stock 

 coming through the Hill and Hanna herds and 

 typical of their lines of breeding. One of the 

 splendid females bought was the Hanna bred 

 Sempstress, a big roan of excellent quality by the 

 show bull imp. Inglewood. This cow, bought 

 high at an American Royal sale, was the dam of a 

 number of bulls, one of which was Inglelynie, 

 well known in the herds of J. T. Bayer and Laub- 

 er Bros. When seventeen years old, Sempstress 

 produced a heifer calf, sold for $500 at twelve 

 months in the 1919 Independence sale. A num- 

 ber of her other descendants are still retained. 

 A later purchase was Secret Goods, a large 



* Rural Route 5; near Crane Station on Santa Fe; telephone, 

 Elk City. 



