A HISTORY OF SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 



carload of steers at the International (except 

 the grand champion herd the value of which was 

 enhanced by winning of the ribbon) was secured 

 from a load of Shorthorns. The International 

 grand champions carried a large percentage of 

 Shorthorn blood. The highest prices paid for 

 steers at the Missouri River markets have gone 

 to cattle tracing to a Shorthorn foundation. The 

 additional weight of approximately 200 pounds 

 on two-year-old steers which carry a large per- 

 centage of Shorthorn blood is a very important 

 consideration when cattle sell at prevailing 

 prices. The heavy loins, broad backs, deep hind- 

 quarters and natural flesh of the Shorthorn 

 make them the ideal farm cattle. 

 In the herd of Shorthorns at the Kansas State 

 Agricultural College Farm, Manhattan, there 

 are seven thick-fleshed, broad-backed, low-set 

 Scotch cows having milk records averaging con- 

 siderably in excess of 7,000 pounds of milk per 

 year. Their calves are of the same individual 

 conformation and several of them have won 

 prizes in the beef shows. But this is not all 

 these cows were not put to milking until after 

 they had raised one or more calves. One of them 

 had nursed her third calf before she was tried as 

 a milker. Individually they will compare with 

 the best cows in the leading herds of the country 

 and no two are bred along the same line. One is 

 a daughter of Matchless Dale, that sired the win- 



