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all over the central West and sire of the 1919 

 champion, Violet Dale. Maxwalton Rosedale was 

 out of the same dam as Pride of Albion, Eoyal 

 grand champion. They both came from Tomson 

 Bros., being the best bulls of the desired age and 

 out of the l)est cows in the herd. Female addi- 

 tions by purchase have been few. Eight heifers 

 were recently bought from H. C. Stephenson and 

 what I have seen of Mr. Stephenson's cattle war- 

 rants me in saying they are good ones. These 

 heifers are of choicest ancestry. Their sire. Non- 

 pareil Knight, was by Gallant Knight's Heir and 

 their dams are by Cherry Knight by Barmpton 

 Knight out of Cherrybud, dam of one of Tomson 

 Bros.' best prize winning heifers. 



In a letter of December, 1920, Mr. Say re says 

 that rilendale is proving the best bull he ever 

 owned and that his 1920 calves are the best he has 

 ever i)roduced. On a ration of alfalfa and three 

 pounds of oats each, per day they ai'c carrying- 

 more flesh than any of the car lots he sent to 

 market carried at a (•orresponding time. 



Mr. Sayre's twelve-year-old son, Paul G. 

 Sayre, bids fair to grow into a good Shorthorn 

 man while working with his father in this ex- 

 cellent herd. 



Frank H. Yeager, Bazaar. — Mr. Yeager is one 

 of the most prominent breeders of this section, 

 his herd having been established fourteen years 

 ago and now numbering fifty females. He is 



