A HISTORY OF SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 405 



and add a few to his best. When this is done 

 he will have a toppy Shorthorn herd. 



E. T. Ralston, Holton. Twelve years ago Mr. 

 Ralston bought a cow of Henry Haub and from 

 this purchase he has sold $5000 worth of stock 

 and has ten cows left. He gives his Shorthorns 

 ordinary farm care, using them to produce milk 

 and butter and to raise calves. By this method 

 he can not raise the highest type of beef cattle 

 but he is producing good, profitable farm cattle 

 that solve the problem of keeping cows on high 

 priced land and Mr. Ralston 's Shorthorns are of 

 the size and quality of many others where no at- 

 tention is paid to milking. 



Wm. Wischmeier, Mayetta. Mr. Wischmeier 

 does not expect to produce an outstanding herd 

 but he is confident that he can raise good farm 

 cattle by way of the Shorthorn route. His 

 foundation stock came from the herd of H. C. 

 Graner in Atchinson county which carries as- 

 surance of both quality and breeding. These 

 cows combine the blood of Modern Scotchman, 

 frequently alluded to in these sketches and Sym- 

 phony 's Last, a 'bull of great worth in Mr. 

 Graner's herd. The herd bull comes from D. 

 C. VanMce, is out of a good cow and by a son 

 of True Sultan. 



L. A. Trundle, Holton. Mr. Trundle has de- 

 cided that he can not afford to keep the common 

 kind of cows on high priced land and even 



