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Imperial. Her dam is by Sir Knight, grandson of 

 Mr. Cruickshank's great Roan Gauntlet. This 

 will suffice to show the blood lines in the Prin- 

 gle herd. 



Maxwalton Rosedale, own brother to the grand 

 champion, Whitehall Rosedale, originally bought 

 by Andrew Pringle and sold to Tomson Bros., die 

 sire of much high-class stock, was used for a time 

 in this herd. Golden Laddie, now used, is a roan 

 by Maxwalton Rosedale and out of Golden Bloom 

 by Prime Minister, a big, smooth bull and a cap- 

 ital sire. There are few herds better filled than 

 this one, with Amos Cruickshank's best blood. 



E. L. Knapp, Maple Hill. Fifty years ago 

 Mr. Knapp was born in the house in which he 

 now lives. His father, L. A. Knapp, a well known 

 breeder, had just come from Illinois bringing 

 some Shorthorns with him. The present herd 

 descends in part from these cattle brought to the 

 Kansas farm in 1870, making Mr. Knapp 's one 

 of the oldest herds in the state. The herd is not 

 large, numbering only about ten cows, which are 

 used to raise good calves and give milk for the 

 family and occasionally some for market. It 

 goes without saying that cows kept for this pur- 

 pose are heavy milkers. The bull in service 

 comes from the Appleton herd. 



C. R. Wyker, Belvue.* Mr. Wyker is begin- 

 ning a herd with three good cows and a bull a 



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