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own use. He did keep him and under the name 

 of Col. Carvel he was taken from the pasture and 

 without fitting he won third place in a strong 

 class at the American Royal. I had the pleasure 

 of seeing this bull as a long two-year-old and 

 thought him one of the best individuals I had 

 ever seen. 



The Mitchell herd consists of twelve cows of 

 outstanding excellence. Six of these are by 

 Col. Carvel, four are out of his daughters, and 

 one is by White Goods, his sire. It is doubtful 

 if in any other herd in this state can be found the 

 same number of cows by one bull or out of his 

 daughters that are equal in size, elegant appear- 

 ance, smoothness, fleshing quality, milking ca- 

 pacity and as breeders, to this lot of cows. 



As I saw these cows in the pasture in 1919, all 

 except one suckling calves by Jealous Renown 

 498758, I could not help thinking what a pity it 

 was that so many breeders allow their commer- 

 cial instincts to seriously interfere with their 

 success as real breeders. Mr. Mitchell did not do 

 this and he has the results of his devotion to high 

 Shorthorn standards shown in these cows. Becky 

 Barrister 8th, the only daughter of White Goods 

 left in the herd, is thirteen years old and is suck- 

 ling an elegant heifer calf. If this calf fulfills 

 its promise, some one will have to take notice 

 later. Baron Hampton, a Dustin bred Merry 

 Hampton-Baron Cruickshank combination, is 



