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;uul Mai'v yXhhotshui'ii 7tb, ilio most woiidc.'vrul 

 cow ill Aiiici'ica and a (lau<;-litei" of Youiifi; Al)b(jts- 

 hiirii, [»ossilily t!ic ;;r('a1cs1 sliow ]»iill ol' any 

 lirccd in Aiiicrica. 



Tiu' show record of the St(i,i;(din herd covered 

 three seasons and in that tinu^ the cuttli^ were cx- 

 liibited at Jiiirliii^^toii and Des Moines, Lincoln, 

 '^ro[)eka, iliiichinson and Okhilioma (Jity. In 

 these shows they W(»n 1)14: firsts, 22 seconds, V.) 

 thirds, 8 fourths, and '■'> J'ifths, 42 chanijiionships 

 and 27 j^'rand clianipionships. In 1914 at the 

 Neliraska, State Fair, Tiaio Sultan was made re- 

 serve clianipioii over all breeds. 



A pleasiiij;- featiu'c of the w'ork on Mr. Stege- 

 lin's farm is the sjiii-it of c.o-o})eration shown by 

 and with llie two sons of the family, ten and 

 twelve years old, who own sevei'al of the best 

 things in the herd. The bo_ys plan to be ready to 

 buy farms, when they shall need them, with the 

 proceeds from their caltle. Mr. Ste^clin thinks 

 with the start the boys now have there is hardly 

 a, (|ues1ion of their beinji,- abh' to buy and i)ay for 

 a (|uarter section of ricli -Jackson county land by 

 ihe time they are twenty-one. 



Tom Bottom, Soldier. — One iiiusi meet Mr. 

 .1 ioiloiii to a ppreciale hi in. lie is one of i he most 

 en1 husiasl ic Shoi'llioni men 1 ha\'e known and 

 1 am sure 1lia1 wlien you ha\'e been with him an 

 hour you will I'eel as resled as a I'ter a summer va- 

 calioii. Here is a, bi,u' Farm willi plenty of fine 



