recent Gardner and Judy combination 

 sale at Kansas City." 



The real sig-niflcance of Abbotsford in 

 American Aberdeen-Angus circles lies in 

 the fact that he proved to be the great- 

 est improver in one of the very best 

 herds in this country, and that with a 

 prepotency characteristic of his sire and 

 grand sire he has transmitted to the 

 breeding fraternity descendants of note- 

 worthy merit and breeding quality. 

 Going back all the way from two to five 

 generations to his blood, we find some 

 of our most distinguished sires and 

 dams; both in show ring and breeding 

 pen. Therefore it may be justly consid- 

 ered that Abbotsford is one of America's 

 most famous Aberdeen Angus sires. It 

 cannot but forcibly strike the student of 

 pedigrees that it is really a remarkable 

 thing that for generations this blood on 

 the male side seems to have proven 

 itself of wonderful prepotency. When 

 we think of Young Viscount, Ermine- 

 Bearer, Abbotsford and Black Monk, 

 covering four generations, it is really a 

 great illustration of the value of in- 

 heritance and prepotency, and should 

 suggest to the student something of the 

 value of this blood in the strengthening 

 and developing of the herd. 



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