284 A HISTORY OF SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 



been kept for about twenty years. The main herd, 

 however, has consisted of high grades and com- 

 mercial stock. This is to be changed and in the 

 future they will specialize on Shorthorns. Early 

 in their work they bought of 0. S. Nevius a few 

 of his famous Scotch Josephines, one of the best 

 families of Kansas Shorthorns. They also 

 secured Poppy's Pride bred by B. O. Cowan and 

 sired by his great bull, Norfolk, and out of a dam 

 by Victor Knight ; Lovely Lassie by Victor Arch- 

 er 163364, a Prather bred son of Fearless Archer ; 

 Paquita by Prince of Tebo Lawn out of a cow by 

 Prince Armour, the great white son of imp. 

 Princess Alice and others of similar class. This 

 gave them a splendid working foundation. The 

 bulls used have, as a whole, been good ones. 



While no extravagant prices have been paid, 

 Messrs. King have held in view first of all the 

 market requirements and profit to the producer 

 and have demanded that their herd bull be a 

 strictly good beef animal. A study of the pedi- 

 grees of the bulls used shows them closely de- 

 scended from the best Shorthorns of the day. 

 Among the first sires in* service was Airdrie Vis- 

 count bred by C. E. Leonard. His sire was Lav- 

 ender Viscount, American grand champion and 

 his dam was by the 53d Duke of Airdrie, one of 

 the best bulls of the most popular family of 

 Shorthorns in the world. The S. C. Hanna bred 

 Ingle" 231949 ; Master Mason 374696 bred by 



