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with tile best tSlKiL'tliDni );)i'codiii,u- iu America. 



There is much to recommend the i!,eiieral 

 j)<>liey (if yiiorthoru ])n)(luc1ioii as })racticed by 

 Mr. Taylor. Securing i'aii- developmeut on ordin- 

 ary farm feeds is the ideal way of ijr(jducing 

 cattle and stock so prt.iduced is always responsive 

 to increased feed. The success of Mr. Taylor's 

 establishment has rested and will continue to 

 rest on the satisfaction gi\ en ]>y its output. 



T. A. Ballantyne, Herington. — For nearly 

 t'<»rty years David Ballantyne raised an excellent 

 class of Sliortho]-ns and his son, T. A. Ballan- 

 tyne, is his successor in the business. The Ballan- 

 tyne cattle were first of rJl practical and useful 

 f(u- the old Scotchman had enough of the soruid 

 sense Avith which Scotch lu'ceders are credited to 

 a^'oid anything that would not pay its way and 

 put money into his pocket. His was the method 

 of procedure which, ignoring all minor consider- 

 ations, demanded a good animal. 



The tAven.ty females with which T. A. Ballan- 

 tyne began in 1917 were the moi'e desirable of the 

 yoTuig animals in this herd. M(.ist of them 

 were by Choice Orange descended through a line 

 (if l.)ulls coming from go(!d hei'ds and having had 

 the Ijest rd' care. They represent on the side of 

 lioth sire and dam the work of the real breeder. 

 MeuticiU is made (d' a f(vv to give an idea of the 

 l)lood lines. Fanc;r 2d is by Choice Orange bi'ed 

 1)A' E. L. Sturikel. Tlie sire of Choice Orange was 



