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and qualification for handling the ordinary farm 

 feed and turning it into salable commodity at the 

 maximum of profit. 



This system has been applied to animals for 

 retention in the herd and the Meuser Shorthorns 

 hold their place on the farm only while they 

 pay. No nurse cows are needed here because 

 forcing is not practiced but more especially be- 

 cause a poor milking cow is worth more for beef 

 than for a breeder. Mature cows are of good 

 size, 1200 to 1400 pounds being demanded of 

 them in breeding condition. As a result of avoid- 

 ing either extreme in feeding Mr. Wm. Meuser 

 states they have had no complaints from any of 

 their numerous bull customers in all these years. 

 There is an object lesson here for farmers who 

 care to use ordinary business sense in substitui>- 

 ing pure breds for grades or scrubs. 



The bulls, as in all other herds, have furnished 

 the clue to the success of the owners. Pride of 

 Orange and Lovel Goods both came from Henry 

 Stunkel. The first was by Star Goods and sus- 

 tained the reputation of his sire. The second 

 was by Star Goods out of a dam by the excellent 

 son of St. Valentine, Lord Lovel. Two rather 

 extra good bulls are being used. Sycamore 

 Chunk is a big son of Mistletoe Archer, one of 

 the sons of Sweet Mistletoe, the dam of the 1919 

 grand champion. His dam is Snow Secret 2d, a 

 cow that is also the dam of Miss Stanley's Secret 



