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yuimg cows at $1000 eacli to go into a good Mis- 

 souri licrd and lind refused the same pries for 

 two more because lie felt he needed them iu his 

 business. Mr. Sands will not be likely to make 

 the mistake so frequently made by breeders, tiiat 

 of selling anything in tlie lierd regardless <»f 

 whether lie can spare it or not. Eetaining (ine"s 

 best is the only wa\' of acliicndng success as a 

 breeder. 



Mr. Sands has pr(»(;eeded and is still pi'oceexl- 

 ing along what is usually known as the line of 

 least resistance. He intends to sell his customers 

 what the>' want rather than to ivy to sell them 

 what they are not lo(.»king for. In order to meet 

 all demands wlii(di might be made as far as pedi- 

 gree is concerned, he has l)uilt u]^) his herd on 

 very popular foundations and has used bulls of 

 entirel.y ajji^rf^^'ed breeding. This enables him to 

 supply the demand of the man who is crit- 

 ical where 1)lood lines are concerned, in fact he 

 himself is one (d the most critical of men in this 

 regard, probably because of liis desire to have his 

 herd unobjectionable to any one in this respect. 



It w(_)idd be of little interest to tell in detail of 

 purchases made by Mi-. Sands nearly thirty 

 years ago and I shall confine myself to the ani- 

 mals that have gone to ijinld up the present herd. 

 Lady Cinderella, bred by George Allen, a daugh- 

 ter of Lord Missie 252006, was out of imp. Lady 

 Clai-a 4th bi-ed liv Duthie ami sii'cd hv Golden 



