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dent sired Eose Bud 6606, the maternal grandam 

 of the $9,000 bull Perfection 92891. The dam of Rose 

 Bud 6606 was Carrabassett Eose 2120, by Kenne- 

 bec Hero 2100, whose dam was Bessie; and Bessie's 

 dam was Hortense out of old Victoria. Thus we 

 see that Perfection, sire of the now-famous Perfec- 

 tion Fairfax, traces back in one of his lines to the 

 Maine sea captain's importation of 1846. 



The Bailey bull Chieftain, above mentioned, came 

 from the herd of Frederick William Stone, More- 

 ton Lodge, Guelph, Ontario, presently to be noted. 

 In 1869, probably at the time when George Under- 

 wood purchased Ontario Chief and Gentle 10th, Mr. 

 Stone sold to Mr. Bailey a young bull that died soon 

 after delivery to him, and Mr. Stone on learning of 

 the fact at once replaced the dead bull with the bull 



Again In 1869 George Underwood went to Guelph and bought of Mr. 

 Stone the young bull Ontario Chief and the heifer Gentle 10th. The 

 introduction of these animals materially strengthened the herd, and 

 the years immediately following were prosperous. About 1876 illness 

 interfered with his active management of the herd and Gilbert Under- 

 wood assumed the duties of carrying on the farm. The partnership 

 was soon dissolved and George Underwood, hoping by a change of 

 climate to improve his health, removed to Virginia, talcing there his 

 portion of the herd in 1879. Failing to receive permanent benefit from 

 the Virginia climate, he shortly returned to Maine, his cattle having 

 been sold to a western buyer. During his latter years, although re- 

 taining all his real estate in Fayette, George Underwood was not en- 

 gaged in farming. 



He was well known as a correspondent of agricultural papers, and 

 a recognized authority on cattle breeding. In the selection of breed- 

 ing cattle he placed special stress .on the form of the head and 'the 

 expression of the countenance. He was' wont also to pay more atten- 

 tion to the limbs than some breeders, insisting on short legs, muscular 

 above the middle joint and strong-boned (not large-boned) below. 

 The animal's style and symmetry meant much to him, and coarseness, 

 which often accompanies large size, was absolutely tabooed. As a 

 stockman, George Underwood's continual aspiration and endeavor 

 seems to have been to combine constitution, feed-capacity and beefl- 

 ness with those animal attributes which appeal to the artistic tem- 

 perament. 



Gilbert Underwood, youngest son of Joseph H. Underwood, was 

 bom at Fayette, Me., Dec. 11, 1835, and practically his entire life 

 was passed in the locality of his birth. He grew up in a cattle-ralsing 

 atmosphere training white-faced steers to the yoke, and in winter 

 with his steer teams he hauled to the homestead the annual fuel sup- 



