years, in two of which she produced consecu- 

 tively the two heaviest fleeces ever taken from 

 one of her sex, being 32^ and 31! pounds respect- 

 ively. These were all Merinos, but profitable 

 flocks of the various mutton breeds are also 

 maintained. 



While the United States Department of Ag- 

 riculture ranks Kansas as fifth in the number of 

 horses, if there was any comparison made in 

 excellence, those of the Sunflower State would 

 in all probability stand among the first. Some 

 of the horses most noted for speed, endurance 

 and striking excellence, marvels of the equine 

 world and matchless, have been foaled or reared 

 beneath the skies of Kansas. The pacing stal- 

 lion John R. Gentry, 2:00,^^, was foaled in 

 Sedgwick county, Kansas, as was his only rival, 

 Joe Patchen, 2:01^4, in Marion county. Smug- 

 gler, 2: 1 53^4, one of the greatest trotters of his 

 time, was reared and developed here, as well as 

 Joe Young, 2:18, the grandsire of Joe Patchen, 

 while the present trotting champion, Cresceus, 

 is likewise indebted to a Kansas parentage, his 

 sire, Robert McGregor, 2:173^', having his home 

 in the Sunflower State for many years. All 

 these represent types of the harness or road- 

 ster class. Perhaps, however, wider attention is 

 given to the breeding of the types especially 

 adapted to draft and similar purposes, and in the 

 past few years renewed and added interest in 

 this particular industry has been apparent. 

 March i, 1901, there were 825,553 horses in the 

 State, valued at $47,056,521 ; also of mules and 

 asses, 89,725 head, worth $5,832,125. 



The State's greatest animal wealth lies in 

 her herds of cattle and swine, which year after 

 year steadily bring to their producers a profitable 

 recompense for intelligent industry. The latest 

 official statistics show the number of stock cattle 

 now to be the largest in the history of the State, 

 making within the last five years the phenomenal 

 increase of over 100 per cent, while the number 

 of all cattle reaches well up toward three and 

 one-half million, mostly grades of the best 

 breeds, and valued at $85,845,819, and the 



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