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the West. Two of America 's Ix'st known cham- 

 pions, Whitehall Rosedale and Cupbearer, contri- 

 bute their quality to Queen's (rift. Her sire was 

 a son of the former and her dam was by a double 

 o-randson of the latter and out of imp. Margery. 

 The Duthie l)red imp. Sittyton Victoi'ia 2d has a 

 gi-anddaughter in the herd in Queen Victoria 

 by Snow King- out of a dam l)y the well known 

 Duncan Indl, Headlight. 



"By their fruits ye shall know them" applies 

 with special tovce to a herd bull and Mr. Russell 

 says he is willing t(» have his herd Inill, Walnut 

 Type, so judged. His calves look unusually good. 

 He is by a Harding bred son of Whitehall Sidtan 

 and out of the Dean Willis bred imp. Citrina by 

 Silver Plate, second dam by Roan Rol)in fol- 

 lowed l)y Gondolier, Cumberland, Barmpton and 

 Scotland's Pride, a line of breeding unexcelled. 

 Silver Plate, a wliitc alxnit two years old, is by 

 imp. Bapton Corporal. He is not a show bull 

 but if a young calf I saw by him is a sample of 

 his get, he will make his mai'k, for it involun- 

 tarily reminds one of its grandsire, imp. Bapton 

 Corporal. Mr. Russell considers Silver Plate a 

 very valuable breeding prospect. 



K. G. Gigstad, Lancaster. — It is only reason- 

 able to conclude that a man who raised a load of 

 steers that were a national sensation would be 

 well qualified to raise toppy Shorthorns. TIi.' 

 man who visits Mr. Gigstad's farm expecting to 



