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Mr. Taylor lias followed the plan of Laving 

 herd hidls and females of true Shorthorn type 

 and usefulness. The cattle have been kept on a 

 reasonable amount of feed and not pushed for 

 more than good development, the theory being 

 that the customers were not hea^^' feeders and 

 that the output would give better satisfaction in 

 the long run than if de\'eloped to a point beyond 

 that maintained l:)y the man into whose hands 

 they would fall ; and that if the purchaser cared 

 to feed more heavily the product of this farm 

 would respond to such a s}^stem. Local and west- 

 ern trade have taken the sui'plus at satisfactory 

 prices and at no time in recent years has there 

 been a lack of customers. The Shorthorns are 

 paying well and giving gc^neral satisfaction to 

 the buyers, which is as high a comjjlimeut as can 

 be paid any establishment. 



The herd was founded with eight cows from 

 Col. Harris' Linwood herd. These, of course, 

 were of excellent ancestry. With them came tlie 

 bull. Vandal, bred and used by Col. Harris. Pew 

 female additions have l^een made but those 

 1)ought have l)een carefully selected. One of them 

 is Lassie 79(J2'3 by Senator l)red by Col. Harris 

 and sired by Godwin, the excellent son of imp. 

 Spartan Hero and im}). Grolden Thistle. Sen- 

 ator's dam was 20th Linw()od Victoria l\v Gala- 

 had. The dam of Lassie was Lula Lancaster by 

 Barmpton Bud 1529J:5. Roan Seraphina was 



