294 A HISTORY OF SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 



Yeager has in his herd, as outlined above, all the 

 elements necessary for success and popularity. 



CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY 

 Chas. Casement, Sedan. This is the largest 

 and most prominent herd in Chautauqua county. 

 The cattle are strictly a utility lot, handled to 

 get very good growth and development without 

 any disposition toward forcing. While the herd 

 could have been better developed without injury, 

 yet it has not been underfed or neglected to the 

 extent that deterioration has taken place, rather, 

 the cattle are in the best possible condition to 

 make profitable returns for increased attention 

 given them. 



These cows are from desirable ancestry. Sev- 

 eral females by St. Valentine 12th by St. Valen- 

 tine were added a few years ago. The herd 

 represents a blending of Scotch and Bates with a 

 touch of Booth and the blood lines chosen have 

 been good ones. This probably came from a dis- 

 position to use the right kind of bulls rather than 

 from a study of pedigree, but as is always the 

 case, good bulls come from good ancestry, so I 

 was not surprised to find in evidence near the 

 top of the pedigrees, Gwendoline's Prince by 

 imp. Prince President, Champion's Best by Val- 

 ley Champion, Choice Goods, Collynie, the Vaile 

 bred Winsome Duke, Mr. Snodgrass' prize win- 

 ning Scott Jr. and imp. Scottish Emperor that 



