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by Ethelbert, 10,019. Ex. got by Ethelbert, 10,019. 

 A cow calf, got by Captain Clay, 16,395. 



"From Lady Sheridan we have raised a cow calf, got 

 by Ethelbert, 10,019. 



"From Lizzie we have raised Champion, 16,451, got 

 by Kansas Clay, 8449. Stella, A. H. Book, vol. xiv., 

 page 872, got by Ethelbert, 10,019. Don Juan, got by 

 Ethelbert, 10,019. Two bull calves, got by Ethelbert, 

 10,019. 



"From Stella we have raised a cow calf, got by Ethel- 

 bert, 10,019. 



"From Emma Kendall we have raised Ethelbert 2d, 

 17,057, got by Ethelbert, 10,019. Maud, A. H. B., 

 vol. xiv., page 708, got by Ethelbert, 10,019. Chance, 

 a cow calf, got by Captain Clay, 16,395; and one cow 

 calf, got by Lord Lovell, 17,574. 



" Our experience with our thoroughbreds has been 

 that low, heavy, compact, and square-bodied bulls of 

 the ' Booth' strain of blood are the best to cross with 

 common stock. All the use and purpose of the impor- 

 tation of thoroughbred stock to this Territory at the 

 present time is to improve common stock and increase 

 its value. 



" Our ranch is situated on upper Ruby Valley, on 

 Ruby River, in this (Madison) county, about twenty 

 miles south of Virginia City, and contains about two 

 thousand acres under fence, with good and substantial 

 dwellings, stables, barns, corrals, out-houses, etc., etc., 

 and the range for grazing extends from our premises a 

 distance of several miles in all directions. 



" Ruby River runs through our ranch, and is kept 



