390 A HISTORY OF SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 



successful cattle growing in Kansas, are given 

 this herd. The cattle are kept in that condition 

 of growth and flesh that is best for the man who 

 buys them. 



Mr. Taylor tells me they grow Shorthorns as a 

 side line and sell their bulls readily when twelve 

 months old or younger at satisfactory prices. 

 The farm is in the heart of the wheat belt where 

 land sells high but they recognize the necessity of 

 raising cattle and if these Shorthorns, big, mas- 

 sive and smooth, are kept as a side line only, it 

 might be well for others to adopt their policy. 

 The Taylor operations, in the section where 

 wheat is grown as a main crop, should be an 

 object lesson to the farmers of central Kansas in 

 general. The farm has for years been used in 

 producing Percherons of high class and the same 

 energy and good management which contributed 

 to the successful production of horses will be 

 manifest in the production of Shorthorns. 



G. O. Thomas, Walton. Mr. Thomas bought a 

 few females at the breeders sale in Peabody in 

 1918. They were principally from the Homan 

 consignment. One heifer is by the Homan- Wil- 

 son bull, White Hope, (see Homan sketch) out 

 of a cow by imp. Ardlethen Mystery. The others 

 are of the same breeding as the Homan herd 

 which gives them a good infusion of very de- 

 sirable blood. Mr. Thomas has used White Hope, 

 mentioned above, until recently and has secured 



