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and his herd will be an advertisement for the 

 breed. The cows sired by good bulls are numer- 

 ous. Captain Archer, an outstanding sire, and 

 own brother to Sweet Mistletoe, dam of the 1919 

 International grand champion ; Falsetto, sire of 

 the excellent cows sold by Mrs. Fraser ; Barmp- 

 ton Knight, sire of prize winners by the score, in- 

 cluding New Year's Delight, American Royal 

 grand champion; Maxwalton Rosedale, own 

 brother to Whitehall Rosedale, grand champion 

 all over the West and sire of Violet's Dale, noted 

 western champion bull, are the sires of some of 

 the cows in the herd. Marigold, a five-year-old 

 roan, is a recent addition. She is by Merry Goods, 

 the son of Good Choice. 



With this foundation and with proper care 

 and feed, resulting in good development, it re- 

 mains only to observe the bulls in service to get 

 a fair idea of what to expect here. Augustus is a 

 roan son 'of Crusader by Barmpton Knight, a 

 bull that was retained in the Tomson herd and 

 liberally used by them. His dam is Augusta 105th 

 by Waverly. The other herd bull is Village Presi- 

 dent 565266 bred by J. F. Prather. He is by 

 Superior Knight 408979 with several genera- 

 tions of the best Prather breeding back of his 

 dam. Mr. Baer's cattle were successfully exhib- 

 ited at the Kansas State Fair in 1920. 



Wm. Gulick & Son, Ness City. This is one of 

 the older and larger herds of western Kansas, 



