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Kansas City niai-ket is not only an accDniplislied 

 feeder hui lie is also a ])rccder uf the first class. 

 Mr. Sayrc did tliat, not (jnly once, but lie did it 

 nine times out of ten years lie lias been feeding 

 his calf ei'op. It was not a Inad selected from 

 many, bnt these Avonderfnl market toppers were 

 the entire crop, culls and all. No l»reeder within 

 my knowledge has to his credit a liigliei' accom- 

 plishment than has Mi". Sayre for he has gone to 

 the court of last resort and has recei\'ed for his 

 cattle and for his methods tlie sTi'niigest possilde 

 endorsement. Most of these <'alves were grades, 

 some were jiure breds, pi'oliably the culls of Ijotli 

 sexes and the reader can imagine what the choice 

 ones would be when developed. 



A new order of tilings has arisen. The nursery 

 which furnished the material for tlie conquest of 

 the beef market of the Southwest lias now turned 

 into a different chaimeh The grades have been 

 disposed of and the least desirable of the pure 

 breds have gone into other herds. The forty- 

 five females now on the farm ai'e such as to meet 

 the exacting requirements of the owner. This 

 means that they are not only first-class individu- 

 als but also that they carry through tlieir ances- 

 try an inheritance of merit and unif<)rnuty rich 

 enough to almost guarantee the^y will reproduce 

 their kind. This is an inestimalde advantage to 

 the buyer of breeding stock for he can be sure 

 before hand of the kind of calves lie will get from 



