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not only made the lierd l)iit also its owner famous. 

 The otliei' ))u]l is Clonnt Vak-ntine 4th. A fnll 

 brotlier to this ))ull was a prize winner at the hig 

 sho^^'s and a high seller a year ago. I saw this 

 l)nll in July 1919. The man who wants a hard 

 jol) niighl try 1o scrioiisl)' lanlt him. 



Mr. Holmes is popular with the l^reeders of the 

 state and is a model to others in tlie attention lie 

 gives to liis r(,i-res}>oiidence. He has at all times 

 tlie invahiabU' assistance of his daughter, Miss 

 Helen, and to her he ^ives imudi credit for what- 

 ever success he has a'-hi 'ved with Shorthorns. 



F. C. Kingsley, Auburn. — Mr. Kingsley has 

 been raising Shortliorns for nearly thirty years 

 and has been a lieaAw producer from few pur- 

 chases. He i'irst bought three cows from T. P. 

 Bal)st, two of them l)y iinj). Thistletop. Some 

 years lat(M' he bought two of Andrew Pringle. 

 These five cows carried the lines of breeding for 

 whi(di the Habst and the Pringle herds were 

 noted. The Pringle heifers especially were 

 nicely descended and both were bred to Maxwal- 

 ton Rrtsedale from which service each produced 

 a heifer calf. J:>ulls of good lireeding have been 

 used in this herd and many of tlie cows show real 

 Shorthorn character. 



AiiKuig the first bulls in service was Red Laird 

 from the P>al)st herd sired by Laird of Linwood, 

 a bull bred almost the same as riallant Knight. 

 <Tolden Pawn came from Prinu'les and he was 



