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Show IT GROWS ON A MAN. Snme two )enrs since a dairyman and stockgrower In one of Utnh's best val-le)n val-le)n i nine to the writer hereof ond asked ndvlco as to the wisdom of purchasing pur-chasing some pure-bred Shorthorn c it-tie. it-tie. After stntlng the breeding und the price of the cattle the farmer was nil-xlscd nil-xlscd thnt such stock at the llgutcs named was 'dirt cheap." Still, the farmer hesitated, and as ho departed he asketl that the price be not mentioned, men-tioned, since some of the neighbors had said such stock should be obtained at figures they named, which was about half tho price In consideration. Well, the farmer bought the purebred pure-bred cattle, but he went into the busl-nesi busl-nesi with some fenr nnd trembling. When tho stock arrived the highest priced cow In the bunch was thin nnd Jaded from travel and the farmer had grade cows that looked superior to the Shorthorn, However, the eow was n good Individual, nnd her pedigree shotted good .nncestr), so the farmer was told to look Into the future for his Justification. During the past two cars the row has reared two full-blood ealvoa und the) arc both registered. The oldest old-est calf Is n bull that would sell for 1150 now and the slx-months-old calf Is a helfir weighing 000 pounds and brought an offer of 1100 list week The low Is due to calve again In tho early spring Not only b is tho farmer thus acquired 12M worth 'I calves from the tow hut he haB learned to ndmlrn purebred pure-bred stock nnd hns enhanced tho nluo of his grado cnlvrs ii per cent by hav-Ing hav-Ing a rure-bred bull at the head of his held Tar from btltig longer ash lined of the price he originally paid, tho farmer now sets nn equal value upon his own Shorthorn calves nnd Is not anxious to sell ut the figure. Thus It mohs on ii man and upon hli children, for ivtry member of that farmer's household Ins acquired a love) for line stock not dreamed of before. |