. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 12 TEL 2KIICIK AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, June 19, 1915 THE FARM DOING IT LARGE WITH STOCK. We were mighty fortunate in get- ting in our exhortation two weeks ago to those having large lands and large money to throw them both largely into purebred live stock. It we had dallied over it it would haveen historic in- stead of prophetic, not half as smart. Anyone can write history. of a kind, but when it comes to proph- ecyâwell, did it not take a priest and a whole procession of planets to tell when Mt. Lassen was going to do it again? And so we also claim t
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 12 TEL 2KIICIK AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, June 19, 1915 THE FARM DOING IT LARGE WITH STOCK. We were mighty fortunate in get- ting in our exhortation two weeks ago to those having large lands and large money to throw them both largely into purebred live stock. It we had dallied over it it would haveen historic in- stead of prophetic, not half as smart. Anyone can write history. of a kind, but when it comes to proph- ecyâwell, did it not take a priest and a whole procession of planets to tell when Mt. Lassen was going to do it again? And so we also claim to be in on the prophetic line, because with- in a week after we had goaded the millionaires to buy stock, what is de- scribed as "one of the largest sales of pure-bred stock ever recorded on the Pacific coast" took place. The news about it will doubtless be given by our live stock writers, but the upshot of the matter is that the Carna- tion Herd of Holstein cattle, whose achievements at the Exposition have been previously described in this jour- nal, will henceforth find a home geo- graphically in the heart of the San Joaquin Valley, and sentimentally, no doubt, in the heart of California. Cali- fornia had world-beating Holsteins be- fore the capture of this collection, and so this great transaction becomes a new instance of the Dutch taking Hol- land. These cattle are pinks of per- fection, as Carnations really ought to be, and will go forward with their predecessors of the same breed into the history of California's live stock achievements. Now, we are wondering what millionaire-outfit will make the next move. It does not need to be all Holsteins, of course. Even in dairy lines there are others, strong rivals in beauty, in performance and the power to uplift common stock. What mil- lionaire or bunch of them is going to do it large with Jerseys, Ayrshires, Guernseys, or with some of "the best continental breeds? When we chased the cows through Europe we did no
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