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demonstrated to those in attendance by actual fig- 

 ures that even if the prices had been high for some 

 of his original purchases, without exception every 

 cow had produced offspring, from the sale of which 

 the cost was paid and a profit beside. Mr. Adams 

 is the man who gave the bull Disturber 139989 to 

 the American Hereford cattle-breeding fraternity. 

 That alone justifies a large share of the time and 

 money he had lavished upon his herd. 



On Nov. 7 John Steward's cattle were sold at 

 Bolckow, Mo., the 46 head averaging $198.60 and 

 the yearling bull Parsifal bringing $650. On Oct. 12 

 at Kansas City 47 head averaged $193.65, 0. Harris 

 paying the top price of $575 for the Funkhouser- 

 bred bull Onward 31st. The combination sale at 

 Chicago on Dec. 12 resulted in an average of $167 

 on 51 head. 



Caxgill & McMillan's Great Success. — ^Without un- 

 dertaking any detailed review of the fall fairs of 

 1906 — ^for we must now hasten our story — it may be 

 stated that Messrs. Cargill & McMillan reaped the 

 highest showyard honors of the year. At Kansas 

 City their best bull, Princeps 4th, was not shown, as 

 it was decided to hold him back for the Interna- 

 tional. Mr. Steward's Beau Mystic headed the 

 senior bulls, but Cargill & McMillan won in both 

 two-year-olds and senior yearlings. The young bulls 

 Onward 46th and 54th, both by March On 6th and 

 of Funkhouser breeding, were blue ribbon winners 

 here. Mr. Hoxie had the best senior bull calf at 

 Kansas City in Peerless Perfection 10th, sired by 



