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accoiuit I was ii(it surprised to hear that he had a 

 very rhoiee herd. A visit to the Kellermaii farm 

 and a study of the methods employed to get as 

 mueh as pussil)le out of a young auimal would be 

 the best investment any ymuig- Ju'eeder eoukl 

 ma ice. 



The Kellerman lierd is not large, comprising 

 only fifteen females, ])ut the man who is par- 

 ti<'ular a)_)out pedigi'ee or merit could buy with 

 his eyes shut, since the ownei' is prol:)ably more 

 particular than he. The breeding will pass mus- 

 ter anywhei'e for here are C(.>ws that would be a 

 credit to any bleeder. One of the more valual_)le 

 ones is Columbia 5th, a three-year-old white. She 

 suckled a white bull calf eight months old that 

 weighed nearly 800 pounds and he must be 

 classed as one of the vevj l)est calves I have seen. 

 Columbia 5th is by Parkdale Baron, the well 

 known Ikdlows sire. Her dam is by Star of the 

 Mist by Choice of All out of Violet Mist Gtli, one . 

 of the l»est cows Mr. Gentry got in the purchase 

 of the Dustin herd. Gregg Farm's Lavender is 

 a remai'kably short-legged, lug-lnjdied .young cow 

 hy Gregg's Villager, now c<:)needed to be one of 

 the l)est Villager IjuIIs in servi<-e. Her dam is by 

 Gallant Knight's heir, Kansas State Pair cham- 

 pion and mucli usecl in the Tomson herd. Her 

 second dam is by Archer, son of imp. Collynie 

 and imp. Circe 3d. One of the best cows in the 

 herd and one of the l)est I have seen anvwhere is 



