Dear Arthur: This letter is your written authority for the following:
(a). To dispose of the Bandolier bull on January second, or the first day thereafter that you can get him to the butcher. Since the herdsman of Admiral Strauss advises this course of action, I am certain that Admiral Strauss would have no interest in a proferred return of the bull to him.
(b). To steer all bull calves sired by Bandolier of Brandy Rock and to throw them in with the steer herd as quickly as they have been weaned from their mothers. (If you prefer to sell them as veal, I would have no objection--but please do not do this until after January first.)
(c). To have the herdsman watch very closely over the heifers sired by Bandolier, and if they show signs of developing his weaknesses, particularly in the hind quarters, to dispose of them to the butcher as quickly as he has made up his mind as to their unsuitability for our purpose.
I am very sorry we wasted a year with him, but at the time we got him I had hopes that, because of his breeding, he would develop into a much better bull.1
It was good to see you yesterday, but I regret that I did not have the entire day to spend with you around the farm. However, as you know, I was fairly busy!2 As ever
