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head that is anything but delicate and with 400 

 pounds of flesh, which he could easily carry, he 

 would be called a good bull anywhere. 



Perkins & Alley, Lawrence. In this partner- 

 ship we have a commendable case of co-operation 

 between the man who owns the land and the man 

 who does the farming. Mr. Perkins is a banker 

 in Lawrence who owns valuable farm lands near 

 the city. He was wisely placed live stock on his 

 land and J. W. Alley is his partner. The Short- 

 horns I saw on my visit to the farm left no doubt 

 as to the excellence of the selections or as to the 

 care given them. 



One of the best cows I have seen in looking 

 over Kansas herds I saw here in June 1919. She 

 is of the kind that never gets thin, as we gener- 

 ally understand the term, for she is naturally 

 thick, besides she is large, weighing 1650 pounds, 

 feminine in appearance and a heavy milker. Her 

 yearling heifer is very similar in type and gener- 

 al characteristics and the calf at foot was an 

 extra good one. The best cows are being bred to 

 Willis Colman's outstanding bull, Marquis Cum- 

 berlird, a C. A. Saunders bred son of Cumber- 

 land's Best, son of Cumberland's Last and sire 

 of Cumberland's Type. This story is dedicated 

 to bankers of Kansas who own farms, with the 

 hope that others will follow the example of Mr. 

 Perkins. 



John Black, Wellsville. Mr. Black is one of 



