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dams are by such bulls as Violet's Searchlight 

 and Owen Kane's Augustii:^ hy A^illager. A few 

 more were bought locall3\ Mr. IIelmei''s cows 

 are for family use as well as for raising good 

 Shorthoi'iis, since he believes it more profitable 

 to keep pure bi'eds for this jjurpose than to keep 

 s<-rubs or grade", and in this vicAV he is correct. 

 His l)ull was bred by Rousseau Smith & Son and 

 is out (if one of their heii cows. ( Sei' Smith 

 sketch.) Pie is large, thick and smooth and from 

 a h(;rd in wliich the cows are heavy millvcrs. 



O. E. R. Schulz, Ellsworth,— Mr. S<'hulz has 

 lieen in the l)reeding business for six years. He 

 has a nicely bred herd of twenty females and the 

 good bull, Color Bearer l)y Maxwalton Rosedale, 

 full brotlier to the champion, Whitehall Rr)se- 

 dale. Color Bearer's dam is l)y Gallant Knight 

 and out of imp. Clara 59th. There are some valu- 

 able cows in the lierd, one of which is Mo<lel 

 Milkmaid, 1)red by W. A. Betteridge by the well 

 known Orange Model out of a dam by Victorious 

 out of Rose of Autumn 21st. This is exceiotion- 

 ally good breeding and is very popvdar. The bull 

 used prioi' to the jjurchase of Color Bearer was 

 Al)botsford Lad by Wooddale Chieftain, a son of 

 The Choice of All. Mr. Schulz has a splendid 

 local demand for his stock. 



FINNEY COUNTY 

 R. J. Ackley, Garden City.— Mr. Aekley's 



