384 A HISTORY OF SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 



Secret Robin, first prize bull at the Harper 

 County Shorthorn show and a breeder of unusual 

 merit. 



HARVEY COUNTY 

 E. J. Haury, Halstead. Mr. Haury is in the 



business to stay. This is evident when you talk 

 with him and especially when you look over his 

 cattle. Like nearly all Harvey county farm- 

 ers, he is heavily engaged in wheat growing, 

 but I suspect he has the vision of the time when, 

 by reason of natural law, live stock must be kept 

 on the land and he knows that the Shorthorn will 

 come into its own on practically every farm in 

 his locality. 



The original purchases were made some years 

 ago, from good Kansas herds. The bull Abbots- 

 ford has left proof of satisfactory service and 

 another bull that left his mark was Monarch by 

 Crusader, one of the very best sons of Barmpton 

 Knight, a bull liberally used by Tomson Bros. 

 The Tomson bull Archer and Col. Harris' Gal- 

 ahad also figure in the breeding of the herd. 

 Besides the females that have been on the farm 

 for a number of years, a recent addition of three 

 cows was made from Park E. S alter, a 

 daughter of The Goods, J. R. Evans & Bros.' 

 well known bull, and two bred in Canada. Scott- 

 ish Maid 55th has great size and good form and 

 will attract attention any time. The smaller one, 



