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bull and joroper care, would become the fouuda- 

 tiou for a valuable herd of Shorthorns. 



E. C. Meissner, Colony. — Mr. Meissiier's foun- 

 dation was bought at the Coffeyville sale in 1918 

 and C(jnsisted <:)f a Stunkel Iji-ed heifer hj Im- 

 perial Goods out of a Victor Orange cow, one by 

 Mistletoe Stamp, fidl of th(^ Hanna-Hill blood 

 lines and two by Mr. Massa's great bull, Kansas 

 Prince, out of cows by Master Prince 6th, son of 

 Prince Pavonia. Mr. Meissnei' has a fairly good 

 bull, which (in these heifers sliould furnish the 

 prime requisite for the Inulding up of a credit- 

 aide Shorthorn herd. The impression I gained 

 while at the farm was that if Mr. Meissner de- 

 cided to put up a first-class herd he would do it. 



R. H. Trimmell, Garnett. — Mr. Trimmell has 

 all the recpiisites for success in the Shorthorn 

 business. He has the disposition to demand qual- 

 ity in whatever goes into his breeding herd and he 

 impressed me as being a good care-taker. The 

 cows come largely from high-class ancestry. One 

 of the best ones is a recent purchase from J. C. 

 Robison, Duchess Aberdeen b\' Victoria's Coi'- 

 onet 541677. One of the l)ulls used was Sir 

 Magnet 5th by Searf-hlight Jr. Another was 

 Sycamore Sunl)l;ize 2d fr(!m the Cowham farm. 

 The present herd t)ull, I saw as a calf. He bears 

 the popular name, (Jen. Pershing, and looks like 

 the making ot ;i .--reditaltle Indl. 



A. J. Tippin, Greeley. — Mr. Tip}»ni is an old 



