434 A HISTORY OF SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 



is an object lesson to the people of any commun- 

 ity. 



D. S. Romine, Oswego. When in company 

 with P. B. Campbell and O. O. Massa I drove to 

 Mr. Romine 's home, I involuntarily recalled Mr. 

 Sanders' description of the Shorthorn country 

 in England, for nowhere else in southern Kansas 

 have I seen such grass as on the large lawn. In 

 the pasture on the lower ground, running in blue 

 grass, knee-deep, were twelve Shorthorn cows, 

 every one of which would be called high-class. 

 They are large, fat and smooth and the calves 

 get all the milk they want. 



Mr. Romine says he always selects the kind of 

 cow he likes, paying absolutely no attention to 

 pedigree but I examined the three top crosses in 

 the pedigree of each cow and found all of them 

 well loaded with the blood of such animals as 

 imp. Collynie; Hampton Spray; Prince Royal: 

 imp. Clover Flower, the dam of Cumberland; 

 Gallant Knight; Prince Gloster, sire of the $.1.0- 

 000 Prince Imperial; imp. Scottish Lord, Mr. 

 Cowan's great sire; and that quartet from Mr. 

 Hanna's importation, Lord Cowslip, Inglewood, 

 Mariner and the cow Mistletoe 15th, dam of 

 Captain Archer, Sweet Mistletoe, Collynie 's 

 Pride and Golden Day. The selection and pro- 

 duction of such a herd proves conclusively that 

 one need not be a pedigree expert in order to 

 select good cattle, as such cattle invariably come 



