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many other good ones tliat might l^e mentioned. 

 At no time has any effoi't been made to nse spec- 

 ial blood lines, Mr. Baird demanding size and 

 trne Shoi'thorn chai'acter rather than certain 

 kinds of breeding. He has had local demand for 

 the bulls and the females have so far been re- 

 tained in the heixl. There are now on the farm a 

 lot of heifers sired by Marshall's Best, a son of 

 the Hanna bred Scottish Chief and to mate with 

 these, the massive roan bull, Silverheel, has been 

 i:)urchased. He is by Silvermine, well known in 

 Stodder's and Marshall Bros.' herds. He is a 

 good one from end to end and he should be a val- 

 uable breeding bull. Mr. Baird is one of the 

 state's heavy farmers, progressive and up to date 

 in every way, and the Shorthorns produced here 

 will l)e satisfactory to jDurchasers. 



J. A. Fasken & Son, Atlanta. — J. A. Fasken & 

 Son have a sj^lendid tract of land on which to 

 handle cattle. They began breeding in Morris 

 county aliout fourteen years ago, going to Cow- 

 ley county seven years ago. The i^resent herd 

 was founded l^y purchases from David Ballan- 

 tyne & Sons of Herington and those who knew 

 the Ballantyne herd know there was a rare 

 opportunity to select foundation stock. Five of 

 the cows secured were by C< dlynie Pride, a splen- 

 did Hanna bred son of Collynie, that had for 

 dam one of the excellent cows coming from 

 Elbert & Fall, and four were by Marshall 



