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bulls were consistently used. I shall mention 

 only a few of the bulls. Golden Prince 292034 

 was bred by Geo. Bothwell. His sire, Golden 

 Lavender, was a son of Grand Victor out of imp. 

 Sittyton Lavender 6th. His dam, Maid of Honor, 

 was also by Grand Victor and out of imp. Wini- 

 fred 4th, considered by some the best cow in the 

 Bothwell herd. Athene's Scotchman, bred by H. 

 F. Brown, is one of the productions of the 

 famous Browndale Farm. He was by Athene's 

 Victor 2d 251153 out of Harmon's Athene 4th. 

 The grand lot of mature cows and big smooth 

 heifers on the farm makes it needless to say much 

 about him. He is also the sire of the ten elegant 

 cows in Fred Abildgaard's herd near Winfield. 



Crown Prince, the present herd bull, bred by 

 T. J. Dawe, is by Royal Diadem. (See Dawe 

 sketch.) His dam is Secret Beauty bred by 

 Owens Bros, by Secret Barmpton, second dam 

 by Baron Kerr 2d. This is a big and very beefy 

 bull of the most profitable producer's type. He 

 is a little coarse in the shoulder and shows possi- 

 bly a little too much prominence of hip but he 

 has a fine head and neck, fine quarters and a 

 great body set on heavy, short legs. I was very 

 much pleased with his heifers. They are large, 

 smooth and deep and have elegant heads and 

 necks. 



True to the precedent established of using 

 only high-class bulls, Mr. Tennyson has just 



