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liovd of 100 licad is descended. Diiring 

 rliesc years many animals of botli. sexes wcr(! 

 sold for nmcli more tlian enough to pay the 

 maiutainanee of the herd. Mr. Graner lias l)een 

 a contributor to sales held in Kansas City and 

 Wichita. The cattle are not developed to the 

 l>est pc)ssible degree but they attain medium size 

 and milking quality is not neglected. It is a 

 region of blue grass, this country around Lan- 

 caster, and excejit in the worst of winter, cattle 

 tln-ive without nuich attention. 



One of the early Indls used was Victor x^rchei' 

 by (h»lden Archer 149821 out of Pleasant View 

 Victoria by Blue Valley Duke 3d, a son of imp. 

 Double Gloster and imp. Lovely 41st. Ballechin 

 Archer was by Ceremonious Archer and out of 

 imp. Ballechin Charming Maid. The three bulls 

 now in use are imp. Proud General 77409, Vil- 

 lage Minstrel by Sittyton Minstrel (.»ut of Mag- 

 net's Pride 41823 and Red Villager by Villager 

 Jr. These l^ulls are all of accepted good breeding. 

 Mr. Grauer, while living in Atchison, gives the 

 herd nmch 2)ersonal attention and expects to be 

 succeeded by his son, Louis P. Graner. 



Ed Heglund, Lancaster. — Three elegant roan 

 cows, even in size, style and color and said l\v Mr. 

 Heglund to be ]'e2)resentative of liis entire herd, 

 were what I had the pleasure of seeing in a small 

 ]>asture near the house. The foundation came 

 from C. D. Bellows and II. C. Duncan with some 



