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went to John G. Cowan's in 1881 with money 

 enough to bny, as he tlionght, seven or eight cows 

 and Uncle Jolm explained t(j him why he sh(juld 

 buy the very best though fewer in number. He 

 took the advice and went home with four fe- 

 males, two l)y Loud(tn Duke 6th and two that 

 were out of his daughters. 



Loudon Duke 6th was one of the greatest 

 American bulls and these excellent purchases 

 were worth}- of consideration anywhere. Lord 

 Byron, also from the Oowan hei'd by Bell Duke 

 of Thoi'ndale was a show l)ull of the first class 

 and proved a good sii'e. Again the Cowan herd 

 was resorted to for a l)ull and this time a son of 

 imp. Scottish Lord was chosen. It was the first 

 strong infusion of Scotch l)lood and on the big, 

 smooth cows a great success was scored. 



For years no additions of females were made 

 but later some choice specimens were added. As 

 I saw them they were all of the same old McCoy 

 type as the cows descended from the Cowan pur- 

 chases. They are all of the choicest modern 

 breeding. Three of them I especially noted. One 

 came from W. A. Betteridge, one from T. J. 

 Dawe and one from Everett Hayes and a few 

 other choice ones came from R. T. Scott of Ne- 

 braska. 



Gf>od bulls have always been used in this herd. 

 While this does not mean that in every case they 

 were bred in the latest fashion, yet it would be 



