The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-18
MEN, WOMEN
 AND THINGS

 am interested in the breed, owning Islay May. registered Jersey of merit COW, and second, because like to see our young men who are doing things. 1 I was afraid that last June when Bob had his dispersal sale because he had to answer the call of his country that 1 he would have to give up his chosen pro l fession as a breeder and builder-up of fine Jersey cattle; but it seems that as soon as he got out of khaki he went about getting together the best cows money could buy.
 Now, like his grit, for in spite of the fact that high feed prices had sent thou sands of good cows to the butcher be- cause some dairymen had decided to get out of the game until better conditions prevailed, Bob to use a cattle term, just took the "bull by the horns" and it wasn't long before he had new herd coming along. thereby Showing his faith in the future of Jerseys.
 
 DND to point a moral and adorn a tale in other lines of business, for just at pres ent the one thing which is hindering the progresses we all want and somehow feel that is coming, is kept back because our industrial leaders are sitting bit too tight in game of patient waiting for prices to drop before they will inaugu rate any big enterprises
 Now, when Bob was forced to get out of the game temporarily, while selling his cows, he swung to his great herd bull, Maple Grove Glory. Now, there is a say ing when a fellow is loaded down with an unprohtable business that he has got "an elephant on his hands" The great sire might easily have become liability instead of an asset if his owner had just turned him out to pasture and then sat himself on the fence waiting for something to drop.
 I met Bob one day downtown and said, Hello, young man, see you are out of the army What are you going to do?" ''Do," he replied, q am going to make trip through Tennessee Ohio and other states and get the best heifers and cows that money can buy and build up another fancy herd that will make the best breeders sit up and take notice that am still operating at Oakwood Hills"
 And he more than made good, for I was out and saw with my own eyes a herd of beauties put on the block and knocked off at good prices to men from Missis- sppi, South Carolina, Tennessee and other adjoining states and much to my delight quite few were bought locally or by cattlemen in Alabama, a number going to Houston, Pike, Dallas and other south Alabama counties.
 
 George Bondurant asked me to go out with him. but meeting Fred Jackson asked him if he was going to the sale. and he said that he had not intended to be present, but that if I would go with him he would take me and my two boys knew that my brother Sam was inter- ested in Jerseys. so I got George to re- lease me and take him and his two youngsters. I mention this to show thai the younger generation of the Barnett family are interested in show cattle as well as the older
 I was greatly amused when the ouar. tette of kids lined up on the front seat under the tent and with catalog in hand followed the entries and discissed tbe various points of the entrants with all the sang froid of expert cattlemen and kent tab on the amount each one brought If they had been on the bleachers. and they are all fans, they could not have been more excited even if the home team had been winning. Every now and then was nudged and told. by namesakc to bid as it was the chance of a lifetime came very near doing it several tines but recalling the brainstorm which had attacked me at a previous sale, kept out and let some other fellow get in. bar gains.
 Fred Jackson, who went out with no thought of buying any, paid $500 for A beautiful young heifer, and I forget the price he put up for bull calf but I learned on my way home that he had dis. posed of him at a profit of 5, as he had no use for him whatsoever, and only bought him because his blood was up and he just couldn't resist bidding on him a. the time but had sense enough after he was knocked down to him to take a quick profit.
 Mrs. Bell invited Fred and I to go to the house for lunch and we went and greatly enjoyed the meal and the charm. ing company. The home is most at- tractive and the views are unusually fine from the porch. But all the time I was thinking of my good friend Bob Bell ST who last year played the host in his own hospitable way, but who was suddenly called to his home eternal. All of my I joy in the day was tinged with sad- | ness at the thought that the voice of the master of the house would be heard | in it no more.
 l Young Bob is to be congratulated m | getting together such fine showing in so short time, and for the splendid l condition in which he had his cattle and the snappy way in which he got them into the ring; but he with all his snan and vim could not have done so well if | he had not have had tha hain o< D.,