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one of tlie Ijest thino'S tliat Mr. Nevius ever pro- 

 duced. As a sli(.)W l)idl lie liad few equals and iu 

 luy traA'els oA'cr eastern Kansas I have found a 

 l<.)t of his get of Ixith sexes and OA^ery one is 

 g'ood. His ealves have stood high at leading 

 shows and l»utli his hulls and heifers are sueli as 

 to })la<'e him in the list of higli-rlass sires. Tie 

 has l)een used with nnieli sueeess ljy Mr. Nevius, 

 Tomson Bros., and il. ]1. Holmes and Mr. Wal- 

 ton was foi'tunate in getting liim. 



Since the article al)oYe was written ]Mr. AA^al- 

 ton hought seven of the top females sold at the 

 1920 Southeast Kansas sale at Independence as 

 well as a few choice ones elsewhere. Prince A'"al- 

 entine 4th is very sur(.' and the huilding of an 

 excellent herd is in ra})id progress. 



A. Case & Sons, Sterling.— The sons of this 

 firm are students of tlie Kansas State Agricul- 

 tural CJ(dlege, the older one Ixdng a graduate 

 vetei-inarian. Six yeai'S ago they hought of Tom- 

 son B]'os. five heifers, tw(.» by CJallant Knight's 

 Heir and three by Barnjpton Knight. Their 

 dams were (d' chcdce Tomson and Babst breeding. 

 These heifers have developed into nice cows, 

 several of them Ixdng of show 3'ard type. The 

 bull bought at that time was Loi'd Mayor Od ]:)y 

 Lord Mayor out of Forest Daisy of Norfolk. He 

 was not only a satisfactory breeder l)ut he was 

 also a high-class show bull. This is not surpris- 

 ing since a full sister to his dam produced for 



