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from good ancestry wliir-li gives them good pedi- 

 grees and I tlionglit it might l)e a fine thing if 

 more 1 breeders seieeted their stock with only in- 

 dividnal merit as their guide. 



Lant Bros., Dennis. — This firm some years ago 

 made a very fortunate purchase of a first-class 

 daughter of imp. Inglewood and out of a cow by 

 R()\'al Secret, second dam by imp. Scotchman. 

 Prom this cow they have sold numerous animals 

 at good prices including two young cows at $400 

 ea(_'h and they have a well selected, though not 

 large, l!("/<l on hand. To the original purchase 

 was adde<l in 1919, a roan daughter of Linwood 

 Yi<'toi'ious, a Cock Robin, Forbes bred bull of 

 great excellence also a heifer by Secret Baron, 

 pui'chased from H. T. Gaddis. At the fall South- 

 east Kansas sale, they secured a valuable cow 

 with heifei' calf at foot by Master of the Dales. 



The herd bull comes from Canada and his 

 ]»edigree is strong in Duthie and Marr breeding. 

 He is an attractive roan, smooth and close to the 

 ground and the young calves I saw by him looked 

 good. Lant Bros, won a reputation as breeders 

 of Durocs and I have reason to believe they will 

 handle these Shorthorns in a manner that will 

 g."t results. 



E. E. Fiske, Cherry vale. — Mr. Fiske had l.)een 

 ))reeding Shorthoi'us for four years when he 

 derided to improve by selling off all but the 

 best. The animals retained consisted of a 



