450 A HISTORY OF SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 



the massive red, Victoria May 2d, by Count Com- 

 modore. This cow is just what I would want the 

 mother of my herd bull to be. Besides being an 

 outstanding beef cow, she is a heavy milker and 

 her calf weighed 800 pounds the day he was eight 

 months old and at that age he was sold to O. A. 

 Weddle of Allen county for $700. Closely ap- 

 proaching Victoria May 2d in size, quality and 

 milk is the four-year-old roan, Hattie C., a Tom- 

 son production by Prince Valentine 4th. Her 

 dam is by Lord Marr, one of the best sons of 

 Lord Mayor and her second dam is Harmony 6th 

 by imp. Thistletop. 



The future herd bull is the white calf men- 

 tioned above, out of Columbia 5th. If this calf 

 grows out as he promises and as his ancestry 

 would justify, few bulls in Kansas will equal him 

 either as an individual or as a sire. 



E. C. Smith & Son, Pleasanton. The Smiths 

 began their work in 1915 and have forty females 

 in the herd. The cows are large and the young 

 stock is being well fed and cared for. They have 

 been doing some showing and have a record of 

 winnings very creditable to any one not keeping 

 cattle especially for show. In 1919 they contrib- 

 uted to the Central Sale at Kansas City and in 

 the show held before the sale they won second 

 and fourth places on their entries which sold at 

 $700 and $425 respectively. At the 1919 Linn 

 county fair they were awarded first place on 



