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lici'd and tlic next dam is the (Jroiiiliic Iwcd imp. 

 Diamond iSlst. Siicdi a wcvaltli of ancestry sliould 

 make any bull a good sire and (Cumberland Dia- 

 mond is onl\- transmittin.ti,- what he has reeeived 

 from his sii'e and dam. 



To u.se on the ( 'umberland Diannfud heifers 

 Mr. Stuiikel has secured Villager's Champion, a 

 short-legged, thi(dv roan that stood third in (dass 

 at the American Royal, fifth at the Internatioiral 

 in 1919 and second at AVichita in 1921. He is 

 probably the Ix'st bull us<'d in the herd since Vie- 

 t<n' Orange :v, d comlhnes some of the most desii'- 

 able ancestry known to Sho]-thorn history. His 

 sire is Village Perfection, a son of im]». Villager. 

 His da:n is by Jjord (.'ham})ion, the famous son of 

 imp. La<ly Douglas used with nui(di success 1)y 

 Pnrdy J)r(js. 



Meuser &, Co., Anson.* — Sixteen years ago 

 Wm. and i'has. Mt'user bought a Shoi'thorn cow 

 and two years later they bought four heifers. 

 They had extreme bull luck for several years and 

 increase was sl(.)w Init diiring this time the sale 

 of Indls ])aid wcdl foi' keeping the herd. As the 

 later }»uicliases of females were l}alanced by fe- 

 males sold AVe may fairly say that the present 

 herd of nearly 100 c()ws and heifers comes from 

 the small outla}' made fourteen years ago. Pedi- 

 gree was considered, l»ut not until after tlie ani- 

 mal liad been selected on account of its real merit 



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