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of Rice county this lot of Shorthorns carries the 

 blood brought in by E. H. Rutledge through 

 Double Champion and Liberty Boy and the 

 many good cows which composed that herd. 



John J. Donnelly, Little River. Mr. Donnelly 

 has only made a start but the cattlemen of his 

 community have always made good and he will 

 do so. A sample of his herd is found in Ruby 

 Lavender. Her sire, Lavender Search, is a great 

 individual by Searchlight out of a Choice Goods- 

 Collynie cow. The foundation comes from good 

 herds and the output of this herd will be worthy 

 of recognition. 



RILEY COUNTY 

 Theo. Olson & Sons, Leonardville. One is apt 



to form an opinion of a herd by the cattle seen 

 at different places and from this viewpoint I had 

 formed a very favorable one of the Olson herd. 

 What I have seen recently has confirmed my 

 opinion. At a meeting of the Northwest Kansas 

 association the Olson entries to the sale were 

 highly creditable and one, a fourteen-month-old 

 heifer, must be counted among the best things I 

 have seen this season. 



It is amid the most favorable surroundings 

 that this herd is kept two silos, 100 acres of al- 

 falfa, blue stem, alfalfa and blue grass for pas- 

 ture, along with the needed grain to get develop- 

 ment without any of the injurious effects of 



