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iKit easily faulted ex<-e[)t in some minor jjomts. 



There can he little just criticism made eitliei' 

 in tlie h]-eedin,y' or in the type of the cows of this 

 herd hut Unt conditions under which they are 

 ke]»t are n(»t such as to hring out the individual 

 merit that should justly he theirs Ijy virtue of in- 

 luu-Ltance. No one realizes this more fully than 

 the owners and they are laying plans to improve 

 in these details. When they have succeeded they 

 will he in a |)osition to put up a real SShoi'thoJii 

 hei-d. 



Johnson Bros., Delphos. — An excellent herd 

 properly lumdled and in splendid condition is 

 what 1 saw on the Johnson farm. Shorthoiii 

 type, hreedine;, cluu'acter, size, fh^shini^' quality, 

 with good milking- tc^ndt/ncy covers a desciiption 

 of the cows. 



The foundation was laid at Mi'. Amcoats' sale 

 eiu'lit years au'o. Ijater additions of cows were 

 made and the well known sliow and hreeding hull, 

 Mallant Knight's Ileir, was purchased from 

 Tomson Bros, lie left a lot of nice cows in the 

 herd and a young hull h.v him out of one of the 

 choice cows on the farm is the sire of ten good 

 yearling heifers I saw in one of the pastures. 

 Athene's Scotchman, so successfull}' rised lyy A. 

 A. Tennyson, also proved valuahle here. 



Miss Orange Blossom, coming from Fred (lif- 

 ford, is one of the hest coavs hy Lord Marr, a son 

 of Lord Ma\'or and ini}). Marigold 50th. Her 



