10 A HISTORY OF SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 



a single animal behaved in an unbecoming man- 

 ner nor was the emergency post provided for 

 nervous cattle used once. No untrained and un- 

 handled cattle of any other breed ever acted so 

 well. Shorthorn cattle, by reason of their quiet, 

 gentle disposition are the ideal farm cattle. 



More than a century has now passed since 

 the Shorthorn found its way from the rich val- 

 leys of England to the United States. During 

 all this time they have been the popular cattle 

 for the American farmer. Not only do they 

 provide more beef than any other breed of cattle 

 but they also furnish the family with all the milk 

 and butter needed. After one hundred years 

 they are firmly established, the great breed for 

 every section of our country. Other breeds 

 may be prime favorites in certain localities, 

 but the Shorthorns are all right everywhere. 

 Other breeds come and go, but the Shorthorn 

 goes on forever. They have established them- 

 selves in the eastern part of our country where 

 they are unrivaled producers of milk and butter. 

 Prom Ohio to Kansas and from Canada to the 

 Gulf they are firmly established and it is only in 

 sections where they find any active competition. 

 They have gone to the ranges of the central West 

 and Southwest where they became the maternal 

 ancestry of the range cattle that made Hereford 

 popularity possible. They are now the popular 

 beef cattle of the Pacific coast country and have 



