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smooth, of brccdy type aixl good Shorthorn char- 

 acter, descended from excellent ancestors and 

 are producing good calves. The milking tenden- 

 cies are quite well developed in this herd. The 

 herd bull, Gloster Boy, was bred by S. B. Am- 

 coats. His sire is Secret's Sultan, (see Amcoats 

 sketch) the son of Missie's Sultan out of a dam 

 by Victorallan, the sire of so many good breeding 

 cows in the Bellows herd. His dam is by a son of 

 Cai:)tain Archer, J. P. Stodder's bull, second 

 dam by Violet's Prince by Potts & Sons' Laven- 

 der King 3d. Better develoi^ment of the young 

 stock would be all that would be necessary to 

 produce some really good cattle. 



Warren Watts, Clay Center.— Mr. Watts 

 bought his start from P. M. Gifford twelve 

 years ago. These cows wei'c a select lot, nearly all 

 sired by Cordelia's Knight, a son of Red Knight 

 by Pro Barmpton the well known Cookson sire. 

 Cordelia's Knight was an unusually thick, short- 

 legged bull that carried along with his 

 Scotch blood that of Cordelia's Duke, the noted 

 show bull by 4th Duke of Geneva. The herd is of 

 correct Shorthorn type and is a profitable lot of 

 breeding cows, the money-making kind. Mr. 

 Watts has exceptional facilities for handling 

 cattle and should he decide to do so, he can 

 build up a first-class herd. 



Two good bulls have been used. Newsboy by 

 Gallant Knight out of a dam by the Harris bred 



