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C. A. Tow of Iowa. According to Mr. Letham, who was in 

 charge of this bull for years,i Disturber was most successful as a 

 sire on Kansas Lad Jr. and Prime Lad cows. Through his son 

 Distributor 176433 he is grandsire of Repeater 289598, whose 

 sons and daughters have attracted much attention. Point Comfort 

 14th 337488, very noted as a sire in the South, was also a 

 grandson of Disturber through his dam Lady Christine 204806. 

 This family represents one of the most popular lines of breeding 

 to-day, since it stands 

 for the more modern 

 type, with well-filled- 

 out hind quarters and 

 smoothness of finish. 



The Hesiod family 

 derives its name from 

 the imported bull 

 Hesiod 1 1675, bred by 

 P. Turner and sired by 

 The Grove 3d 2490. A 

 son of Hesiod named 

 Hesiod 2d 40679, out 

 of Anita 33955 — a 

 daughter of Harold 

 21 141 and half sisterof 

 Corrector — established 

 the fame of this family 

 while in the ownership of J. A. P"unkhouser of Missouri. Notable 

 sons and daughters of his were Hesiod 29th 66304, Hesiod 50th 

 76440, Hesiod 58th 86466, Dewdrop 6135 1, and Keepsake 81634. 

 Mina 184985, the dam of Repeater 289598, is a great-granddaughter 

 of Hesiod 2d. Few families show a better ancestry than does this, 

 although it has not been especially prominent in recent years. 



The March On family descends from March On 76035, im- 

 ported in 1897 by C. S. Cross of Kansas and sired by Lead On 

 76^67, dam Royal Daisy 2d 79943. The breeding of March On 

 goes back five generations on the sire's side to Good Boy (7668)^ 

 a noted sire and show bull, and also to Lord \^^ilton and Grove 3d, 



1 The Story of the Hereford, p. 952. 

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Fig. no. Perfection Fairfax 179676, the greatest 

 grandson of Dale, in field condition. Perhaps the 

 greatest Hereford sire in the history of the breed 

 in America. Owned by W. T. McCray, Kentland, 

 Indiana. From photograph by the. author 



