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scrioii.sly (■niisidiircd ; still this is not ;i rcrfldction 

 on liiiii. JIc was the. first ])i'ize bull at the show 

 held in coniKii-tioii with a sale in J(;ffersoii 

 country and he top])cd 1hc sale, an honor whieh 

 was very worthily l)('s1o\vc<l. 



John A. Yost, Perry. — Mr. Yost is building up 

 a herd from a small start made three years ago. 

 Two of his g(.)od cows are Kate's Pride 9th and 

 Wildeyes. Kate's Pride 9th is by Baronet of 

 Maine Valley bred by Chandler Jordan, the 

 breeder of Mi-. Saunder's great bull, Cumber- 

 land. Wildeyes is by tScotchman's Model and 

 her dam is f i-om the Prasei- herd and by Falsetto. 

 The herd bull is Golden Orange 738541. 



JOliXSOX (lOlTNTY 

 Andy J. James & Sons, Lenexa.* — Some years 

 ago I formed th(; acquaintance of Col. James and 

 siu<'e that time I had thought of him as a suc- 

 cessful auctioneer with a leaning toward farm 

 life and yiioi-thorns. This opinion was true in a 

 very small s('ns(; only. It was my pleasure to be 

 the guest of Col. and Mi's. James and to get an 

 insight into farming arid farm life within Adew of 

 a big <-ity. J^ictui-c; a, 400 acre farm of the very 

 choicest land, in a i-ich ])ai-t of Kansas, the com- 

 mci'cial A'ahic of w'lich is easily ^l]00 per acre, 

 cN'ei'y aci'<' n\' which will grow alfalfa oi' great 



* One .'ind mic-liall' iiiilcs IVoni (Jvorlaiid I'ark on Strang (inter- 

 iiil.aii) I/nic. 



