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Wooddale Chieftain, used so profitably in the 

 herd of D. A. Ballantyne & Sons. Miss Acorn, 

 still very rugged, is a splendid individual. One 

 of her daughters is a five-year-old roan of med- 

 ium size and much quality and she has three 

 choice heifers to her credit besides having pro- 

 duced a bull calf that sold for $300. 



I am mentioning these cattle especially, be- 

 cause Mr. Kitchin intends to select his breeding 

 stock from the descendants of these five females. 

 The other cows in the herd are good, in fact not a 

 poor or unworthy animal was. seen among them. 

 The general appearance of all the cattle indi- 

 cates efficient management and if all breeders 

 would give their herds the same intelligent care 

 that Mr. Kitchen is giving, and use high-class 

 bulls as he has been using, lectures on care and 

 herd bulls would be unnecessary. 



It was here that I found a seven-year-old bull 

 of remarkable beefiness, a white son of Prince 

 Valentine 4th, the successful show and breeding 

 bull used by Tomsons. I do not recall having 

 seen anywhere, in recent years, a much better 

 specimen of a beef animal. He is almost abnor- 

 mally short-legged with a wonderfully deep, 

 thick body, covered with a wealth of smooth 

 flesh. Though running out in the pasture with 

 a few cows and getting no grain, he might prove 

 a troublesome opponent even in a pretty strong 

 show. This bull was purchased of C. S. Nevius, 



