about seven o'clock, however, Lloyd and I were up, Lloyd having got up at intervals I think all night every time he heard a train go past. Neff doesn't eat any breakfast and was all ready for us when we got through ours and we werer on the road soon after eight, Elliott. the District Rep recently from Lincoln County and Hampden from Welland were each there with a class of boys to fit for the Intie-County judging competition at the Guelph Winter Fair, for which Neff is going to pick a team of three from amongst us. Elliott was a head of us with his car and he took Nixon with him as he didn't have as big a load. so that just left {?} in our car. We drove out ten or twelve miles north of Guelph and stopped first at John Lowe's an Aberdeen Angus breeder and had two or three classes to judge Elliott gave us a little instruction and when Hampden came in a little later he had a Mr. Franklin from "The Farmer's Advocate" staff and he gave us some pointers. From there we travelled north again through the little villages of Elora and Salem to J.A. Watt's place and saw his famous short horns or at least a few of them including a couple of yearling heifers which is fitting for the Chicago International and the old Gainford Marquis the herd Leader. The boys from Lincoln county had never seen much pure bread stock as they haven't any down there and when we left Lowe's place they were all Angus enthusiasts but when they saw the short horns and got their hands on them, their breath was unfairly taken away and judging from their muttered exclamations they were all Short horn men when we left Watt's. We went from there back to Elora for dinner and had to wait for awhile as they hadn't had much notice at the lettle hotel and didnt have dinner ready for six teen. We were all hungry as bears it being a cold morning and the driving in the wind seemed to whet our appetite. After dinner, we started back towards Guelph but turned east at the little country store and hotel labeld Marden and went out to J. J. Elliots place, where we saw some more beautiful Shorthorns. Elliot himself wasn't home but his Scotch herds man Alex showed us some of the fancy stock. He too was fitting for the International and had two two-year old heifers in excellent shape.

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