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being- very attractive and tl)e.Y would be credit- 

 able specimens in any liei'd. Plenty of rougliage 

 inehidinsj,- alfalfa, and pasture, are tlie feeds 

 wliicli have done the work. 



Tlie ijureliase of foinidation stock descended 

 from a line of good bulls giyes a clue to the suc- 

 cess of things. The earliest purchases are in the 

 main representative of such 1»ulls as D. P. Nor- 

 ton's British Lion, Clay & Winn's Golden Victor 

 Alex Fraser's Crown Prince of Lawndale and 

 15th Duke of Hilldale, Purdy Bros.' Lord 

 Champion, V. R. Ellis' Godwin, Harriman 

 Bros. 'Proud Monarch and New Goods, Kelly 

 Bros.' Banning, John McCoy's Pride of Col- 

 lynie, Tomsons' Barmpton Knight, Bellows 

 Bros.' Good Choice and Merry TIani])ton and 

 Peculated Wild E}'es, two of the breed's great 

 Inills to which no sj^ecial individual can lay claim. 

 It is only natural that cows descended from such 

 a line of bidls and giveu a chance for de- 

 velopment shoidd ])(' highly satisfactory in a 

 breeding herd. 



One among the best cows that I saw is a big 

 roan, Augusta by name. Her sire is by Pride of 

 Collynie, a full brother to Mistletoe 15tli, dani of 

 the 1919 International grand champion. She is 

 suckling a big, lusty calf and will easily weigh 

 1600 pounds on grass alone. Another excellent cow 

 is Alma Rose 4th bred by Loch Bros, of Nebraska. 

 She is by Scotch Goods, a son of (lood Cli(_ace, 



