276 A HISTORY OF SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 



The reader will recall the Robison farm as a 

 great Percheron breeding establishment, the pro- 

 ducts of which won nation-wide fame. There is 

 a little' story connected with its shifting from 

 Percherons to Shorthorns aside from the regular 

 one furnished by the auto and the tractor and the 

 truck. Wm. Ellett, oldest son of the family, is 

 a 1920 graduate of the Department of Animal 

 Husbandry in the Kansas State Agricultural 

 College and wants to specialize in Shorthorns. 

 Mr. Robison, while apparently good for many 

 years, realizes what some middle-aged men do 

 not seem to understand, that natural inclination 

 for any vocation, if properly directed, is an in- 

 valuable asset in the race for success. He knows 

 that in the natural course of events his sons 

 should be in the prime of life when for him life's 

 activities have ceased, hence the trip to Scotland 

 for Shorthorns, direct from the locality that has 

 given fame to the breed. 



It is an " all-imported ' ' lot of reds, whites and 

 roans that is the foundation for the herd of the 

 future. Some of the younger animals are not as 

 well developed as the better American specimens, 

 and at the time I saw them, April 29, were still 

 showing effects of their recent hardships, inci- 

 dent to importation. They are, however, nice, 

 smooth, breedy looking specimens and within a 

 few years the good pastures and the alfalfa will 

 have done the work so seriously interfered 



