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sliow l)ull, hut one (if tlu; kind that usually gives 

 ]H()])cr account of himself as a hreedei-. His 

 calves ai'e all that could hv desired. He is hy 

 Reporter, one of the well known and excellent 

 Polled Shorthorn bulls. The (latlins have a 

 single object in view and that is the ])i-oduction 

 of first-class Shorthorns. The herd i-ec-eives 

 good feed and good care, the owners doing tlie 

 i-nstling instead of allowing the cattle to do it. 



Dr. W. C. Harkey, Lenexa. — J)i'. IJaikey 

 conies befoi'e the readei' with a reputation as one 

 of the best feeders in Johnson county and, having 

 a good k)t of breeding stock, it is needless to 

 say that the herd is good. He has been raising 

 pure l)reds for nine years and has been using 

 pure; bred bulls on a high grade hei'd foi- thirty 

 years. His cows came from Alex Fraser, E. 

 Ogden & Son, T. J. Sands, the Brunaughs and 

 CoL Andy James. Dr. Harkey was not a man 

 who would delibei'atel}^ buy any inferior animals 

 and as thes(; ai'c all creditable herds it is ex'ident 

 that a stai't was made with desirable females. 



Tli(' other half of the lu'rd on the Harkey farm, 

 the bull, is good. He is Realm's Oount 2d, a 

 Leonard bred son of Wooddale Stamp. His dam 

 is a daughter of the International champion, 

 Lavender Viscomit, and she is one of the Leon- 

 ard Fancy (if Ardmore cows. Realm's Count 2d 

 won fii'st ju-ize and was made grand champion 

 bull at the 1!>17 (!entral Show, his full brother 



