194 A HISTORY OP SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 



herds of the state and of most localities listed on 

 the pages following. At the State Association 

 meeting held last June twenty-five members 

 from a wide territory consigned representatives 

 of their herds to the association sale and every 

 one of the twenty-five is a supporter of this work 

 and a sketch of the herd of each appears in this 

 book. 



The Shorthorn industry over the greater part 

 of the state is based on actual necessity and for 

 that reason it must remain a permanent industry 

 as long as the conditions necessary for its exist- 

 ence continue. If you ask how long this will be, 

 I answer by asking how long will Kansas be the 

 home of the man who tills the soil ? The farmer 

 can not afford to keep two sets of cows, one set 

 to produce calves for food and for the market 

 and another set to furnish the dairy products for 

 his family, and the Shorthorn cow is the only cow 

 that will produce a calf capable of being grown 

 into a profitably produced beef animal yet give 

 a reasonable amount of milk. There is, of course, 

 room for special dairy herds of dairy breeds and 

 for the herds of beef bred cows to be kept with no 

 dairy production, but by far the greater part of 

 the butter and milk consumed in the state and 

 the greater part of the beef consumed at home 

 and sent to market now is, and always will be, 

 produced on the thousands of smaller farms and 

 in a small way, without consideration for the 



