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not only made the herd but also its owner famous. 

 The other bull is Count Valentine 4th. A full 

 brother to this bull was a prize winner at the big 

 shows and a high seller a year ago. I saw this 

 bull in July 1919. The man who wants a hard 

 job might try to seriously fault him. 



Mr. Holmes is popular with the breeders of the 

 state and is a model to others in the attention he 

 gives to his correspondence. He has at all times 

 the invaluable assistance of his daughter, Miss 

 Helen, and to her he gives much credit for what- 

 ever success he has achieved with Shorthorns. 



F. C. Kingsley, Auburn. Mr. Kingsley has 

 been raising Shorthorns for nearly thirty years 

 and has been a heavy producer from few pur- 

 chases. He first bought three cows from T. P. 

 Babst, two of them by imp. Thistletop. Some 

 years later he bought two of Andrew Pringle. 

 These five cows carried the lines of breeding for 

 which the Babst and the Pringle herds were 

 noted. The Pringle heifers especially were 

 nicely descended and both were bred to Maxwal- 

 ton Rosedale from which service each produced 

 a heifer calf. Bulls of good breeding have been 

 used in this herd and many of the cows show real 

 Shorthorn character. 



Among the first bulls in service was Red Laird 

 from the Babst herd sired by Laird of Linwood, 

 a bull bred almost the same as Gallant Knight. 

 Golden Dawn came from Pringles and he was 



