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the sire of several of the cows out of Barrister, 

 White Goods and Col. Carvel cows. When we 

 think of imp. Merry Hampton and imp. Baron 

 Cruickshank as two of the best bulls ever im- 

 ported from Scotland, of White Goods as one of 

 the greatest sons of Choice Goods and of Col. 

 Carvel as a Shorthorn wonder, we can get an idea 

 of the ancestry. Back of all this is Barrister, 

 winner of 247 first prizes at leading shows, and 

 imp. Craven Knight his sire, frequently referred 

 to as the most beautiful and perfect bull of his 

 day. As to the herd bull, Jealous Renown is 

 three years old. His sire is Maxwalton Renown, 

 one of the truly good sons of Avondale. Jealous 

 Eenown is out of a dam by Avondale, second dam 

 by Whitehall Sultan, third dam by Count Arthur 

 and fourth dam by Star of Morning. If there is 

 anything in being closely descended in every re- 

 move from the world's greatest Shorthorns, Jeal- 

 ous Renown will be a great sire. If judgment 

 may be passed on the appearance of eleven calves 

 from ten days to four months old, he is a great 

 sire. 



Whatever others may think of Mr. Mitchell's 

 course, it seems to me he has achieved a triumph 

 in constructive breeding not attained by any 

 one else of whom I have knowledge for, 

 breaking away from all accepted regulations, he 

 mated cows of most admirable breeding with a 

 bull of pre-eminent merit, and has reaped 



