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The eoiiditioiis for growing- cattle on tins farm 

 are good. Alfalfa and all tame grasses flourish 

 and ensilage is used in the ration. The breeding 

 herd now uumlxns a'oout tliirt}'-five cows and 

 Ireifers. The cows are given good farm care and 

 the young 8tO(rk is fed grain. Most of the ma- 

 tui'cd cows arc medium in size and some are 

 lar-ge. In addition to the cows longest on the 

 farm, which came from such herds as Keller- 

 mans and that of Morse c*c Sons there have been 

 added iii tlie 2)ast two years some desirable fe- 

 males. Occasioual additions b}' purchase are 

 contemplated. Orange Lad and Orange Major, 

 two (_)f Linn comity's Ijest known Indls, have been 

 used, followed l^y tlie Nevius bred Duchess 

 Searchlight by Searchlight. King's Choice, an 

 excellent, lug, red bull of approved breeding and 

 Vvdtli an unusual covering of flesh in the valuable 

 parts, is now being used. 



Guy Rowley & Son, Prescott. — The aim on this 

 fariii is to produce a (dass of Shorthorns good 

 foi' l)eef and nullc and to raise these cattle so that 

 the;.' will Ise within reach of the farm trade. A 

 start luis l)een made in this direction with twenty- 

 five females of Ijreeding age. Bobinetta 4th is a 

 tyjdcal cow of the class desii'ed. Her sire, Mistle- 

 toe -.\rcher, is out of Sweet Mistletoe, the dam of 

 Lespedeza Cdlynie, the 1919 Liternational 

 grand champion. Her dam is a daughter of 

 Ivolhn, the bull selected from Col. Harris' herd 



