224 A HISTORY OF SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 



see good cattle will not be disappointed. This 

 large herd was founded thirteen years ago and 

 only a few, but very choice, additions have been 

 made since that time. The original purchases 

 came from excellent sources and were made with 

 the same discriminating judgment shown in the 

 selection of the load of steers. The additions 

 since then have been of such quality as men of 

 Mr. Gigstad's judgment and high sense of ex- 

 cellence would make. It seems superfluous to 

 refer to these cattle in detail, yet I cannot refrain 

 from mentioning one, imp. Millcraie Costly 

 Belle. There is no discounting this cow, either 

 as an individual or as a producer, and it might 

 be mentioned that she has this season suckled two 

 calves, growing them well and she herself carries 

 smooth, thick flesh. 



Mr. Gigstad early recognized the importance 

 of good bulls. The first bull that enters into the 

 present herd is Fancy Choice, a Bellows bred son 

 of Good Choice and out of .a Duncan bred cow, 

 Mary Ellerslie, coming as her name indicates 

 from a dam bred by T. j . Wallace and carrying a 

 cross of the great champion, Young Abbotsburn. 

 He was followed by Goods, another son of Good 

 Choice. A few years later, Golden Lancaster, a 

 Duncan bred son of the sensational Choice Goods 

 bull, Golden Goods, the sire of Howell Rees' 

 Ruberta's Goods, was purchased. These two 

 bulls sired the show steers mentioned above. 



