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many regarded as the founder of a family itself. Calved in 

 1903 and used for many years in a herd of unusual excellence, 

 Perfection Fairfax has sired a large number of sons and daughters 

 which have been bought at high prices. At the sale of Mr. McCray 

 on May 22, 1918, fourteen of his sons averaged ^5216 and ten of 

 his daughters ^2870 each. In the 1919 sale of Mr. McCray 20 

 bulls (all sons of Perfection Fairfax) averaged ^7955, and 22 of 



Fig. III. Richard Fairfax 449317, by Perfection Fairfax 179676. Sold by L. A. 

 Pinnard to Ferguson Brothers, Canby, Minnesota, for ;?5o,ooo. One of the promi- 

 nent present-day sires. From a photograph by courtesy of Ferguson Brothers 



his daughters averaged $3436. Luther Fairfax 688971 brought 

 ;^i9,ooo; Admiral Fairfax 633408 brought ^20,500; Hugo Fair- 

 fax 608229 brought ^23,000; and Baron Fairfax 547771 sold for 

 ^24,000. Another son, Richard Fairfax 449317, sold in March, 

 1919, at private sale for ^50,000, as set forth on page 273. While 

 Perfection blood has been widely used in Hereford families, Beau 

 Donald breeding has seemed to blend with it especially well. 



The Prime Lad family finds its so-called beginning in the bull 

 Prime Lad 108911, bred by W. S. Van Natta and Son, calved in 

 1900, sired by Kansas Lad, Jr. 75104, and out of Primrose 

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