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these are hy Defender, a son of Barmpton 

 Knigiit, out of a cow hy Sir Cliarnhng 4tli. The 

 dam of these cows is In" St. Valentine 12th, one 

 of tlie sons of the great St. Vah'utine, and 

 their grandam is by 86th Duke of Wiklwood, a 

 son of the noted show IkiII, Golden Vietoi". An- 

 other Defender cow comes through Athenian 

 Coronet 4tli hy imp. Bapton Coronet and her 

 dam is l)y Prime Minister by imp. Prince of 

 Perth. Both Athenian Coronet 4tli and Prime 

 Minister were well known in Andrew Pringle's 

 herd. The bull on the farm at the time of my 

 visit was not up to the desired standard Imt he 

 will 1)0 replaced by a Ix'tter one as soon as a 

 change can be made. Mr. Haag lives near Mr. 

 Waynant and will use Supei-ior Eosedale until 

 he secures a satisfactory bull of his own. 



J. Mack, Soldier.— Mr. Mack has a herd of 

 fifty-five cows and he has lieen lu'eeding for 

 twelve years. His original ])urchase was made 

 from Henry Haub and the entire herd is de- 

 S'-ended from this purchase. The method of 

 handling has l)een to g]-ow the cattle on the ordin- 

 ary farm feeds without effort to secure extraor- 

 dinary growth, yet to make conditions such as 

 to develop fair size. Mr. Mack tells me that the 

 dry cows and non-breeders sent to market have 

 weighed about 1400 2.)ounds. Bulls have lieeii 

 purchased from Knox of Missouri, Merriam of 

 Topeka, Brown of Onaga and Rolf of AVhitmore. 



