188 THE BEEF BONANZA. 



8 or 10 by their being dropped in very stormy 

 weather. 



"As items of interest to you we would state that in 

 March, a.d. 1877, we had a calf dropped from one of 

 our common-stock cows that weighed one hundred and 

 twelve pounds when it was only thirty-six hours old, 

 and it was a healthy and well-formed calf. Also, that 

 in April, 1876, we sold to butchers a barren cow, the 

 meat of which weighed nine hundred and three pounds 

 net; 



" This was after a severe winter, and the cow had been 

 on the range all winter. This will serve to show you 

 the nutritious qualities of our grasses during a severe 

 winter." 



C. E. Williams, of Helena, Montana, has some fine 

 blooded horses and mares, among others, 



Caribou. 



Bay horse. Bred by A. J. Alexander, Woodburn 

 Farm, Spring Station, Kentucky. Foaled, 1870. 



By Lexington. 



1st dam, Alice Jones, by imp. Glencoe. 



2d " Blue Bonuett, by imp. Hedgford. 



3d " Grey Fanny, by Bertrand. 



4th " by imp. Buzzard. 



5th " Arminda, by imp. Medley. 



6th. " by imp. Bolton. 



7th " Sallie "Wright, by Yorick. 



8th " Jenny Cameron, by imp. Childers. 



