THE "bound-up** 1069 



far beyond my expectations, in securing Fairfax 

 16th 316931, undefeated grand champion bull of 

 America during 1912, Beau Perfection 9th 368012, 

 Beau Perfection 23d 394172, Premier 2d 311882, 

 and Standard 11th 411222. 



"We try to keep our breeding cows in good thriv- 

 ing condition, breeding them to the bull with which 

 we think they will nick best. We are not always 

 successful in this, but the percentage is good and 

 we keep trying until we do hit it. We try to keep 

 our calves growing. The calf, once stunted, never 

 regains what it has lost and never makes as good 

 an animal as if it had been kept growing and de- 

 veloping steadily. 



"No enterprise that I have ever been connected 

 with has given me greater pleasure than the raising 

 of purebred cattle. When it comes to real enjoy- 

 ment here is where I get mine." 



A Word About Herdsmen. — The author cannot 

 bring this volume to a close without a word on the 

 subject of the men who have the actual care of herds. 

 Upon them rests to a marked degree the responsibil- 

 ity for success or failure. We have taken pleasure 

 all the way through this narration in referring from 

 time to time to various individuals who have con- 

 tributed largely toward the accomplishments of the 

 cattle of their employers. Unfortunately in a vol-' 

 ume such as this it is quite as impracticable to men- 

 tion by name all those in this profession who are 

 really entitled to this recognition as it has been to 

 make a record of the operations of all owners and 

 breeders of good "white faces." 



A number of portraits of some of the better known 



