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like many (if his pi'oi'cssiini, lie is building' np 

 agrit-nlturnl and pastoral interests hy kee])ing- 

 on a farm near tlie city some excellent Short- 

 horns that afford reci'(>a1ioii, ])leasni'e and i)rofit. 



Waiving- consideration of the herd prior to the 

 1919 American Royal, the ])nrchases made by 

 Dr. Newman at that sale ])nt his herd in a lead- 

 ing position and assure its fa\'orable recognition 

 l\y all interested in the rigid kind of cattle. 

 Fonr cows, selected from among the l)est of that 

 excellent offering, fell to his bidding and thost' 

 who are familiar with the (dass of cattle selected 

 b.y Mr. Cochel for the Ro_yal sales will admit that 

 Dr. Newman ])nrchased valuable breeding stock. 

 He also purchased at the same sale the outstand- 

 ing bull. Village Aldei-man 796609. This admir- 

 able roan was bred by Tomson Di-os. and he was 

 one of the highest priced bulls in the sale, if not 

 the toy). ITis sire is Village Marshal, a winner 

 of numerous prizes and a l>n'eding bull that in 

 the Tomson herd has attracted national atten- 

 tion. Village Aldei'man is out of NtU'wood Au- 

 g:usta rid by the Marr bred imp. Ort^scent Knight 

 and his gfandam is the Bruce bred iuij). Augusta 

 105th l)y Waverly. l^lie high merit of this bull 

 coml)ine(l wiih liis elegant pi'digixM' and wiih 1lie 

 class of cows as iiidicaled, ])uts the Newman herd 

 in tlie first rank. 



L. D. Hayes, Bronson. — Mr. Hayes has a herd 

 of twenty females 1lia1 are above tlie average in 



