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dozen cxcelU'iit IVmales and a hisli-idass l)ull. 

 The first pui-cliasc made at tlic Thorn sale was 

 follo\Yed by judicious selections at the 1919 Inde- 

 l)endence sale and at Fremont Leidy's sale. 

 Three choice females were secured at the (Cen- 

 tral sale and three at the 1920 sale in Independ- 

 ence. Tlie herd is faj' above the average in (|ual- 

 ity and inchides cows of select hi-eeding with 

 pedigrees that any one woidd consider very de- 

 sira)»le. The )>u.ll is a large, massive, young fel- 

 low ])red l)y < )gden & Hon and sired Ijy Diamond 

 Baron, a ])ull that has made a reputation as a 

 sire. His dam is not only a go(td cow, Init she is 

 also a heavy milker, a thing it does not j^ay to 

 overlook. Ml'. Kepler has made the rigid start 

 for a real Rhorthorn herd. 



Mail Wiltse, Earlton.* — This herd including a 

 dozen females frctni good cows and l»y good hulls 

 is going to he even l)ettei-. The original pur- 

 (diases were from (:ieorge MeFadden and J. C 

 Thorn and three more were added at Fremont 

 Leidy's sale. Impoided (Jollynie and Lord Mayor, 

 two of the 1>est bidls ev(U' in Kansas, are the sires 

 with whose l)lood the cows are filled. Mr. Wiltse 

 is using one of the l)est young bidls in the state. 

 He is by Diamond Baron at the head of Ogden & 

 Sons' herd. ITis dam is from Rot)ert Russell's, 

 her'd and is l)y Lily Cup l)y Scarlet Secret, dam 

 by Jjoi'd (^Tolden ('I'cst. If this young l)ull 



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