458 A HISTORY OF SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 



established by discriminating buyers and in this 

 Mr. Abraham is doing his full share toward 

 developing Shorthorn interests in east central 

 Kansas. 



E. L. Moreland, Americus. Mr. Moreland's 

 farm is located in a section that has always ap- 

 preciated good stock. He began business in 1919 

 by buying choice females instead of common 

 ones. Crestmead Beauty 3d, one of the cows, is 

 by that excellent sire, Prince Valentine 4th. This 

 heifer is one of the regulation Prince Valentine 

 4th quality, attractive and breedy in appearance. 

 Her dam is Crestmead Beauty 2d by the fine sire, 

 Orange Model. She represents the select 

 line of breeding so popular in the W. A. Better- 

 idge herd. Golden Rose 6th is by Wooddale 

 Chieftain, one of the best sons of the Choice of 

 All, and her dam is by Marshall Abbotsburn 3d. 

 Both these bulls did service in the David Ballan- 

 tyne herd and were two of the best breeding bulls 

 in Kansas as by virtue of their individuality and 

 ancestry they had reason to be. Golden Rose is 

 a first-class Shorthorn cow and an excellent pro- 

 ducer. Evangeline 5th is a four-year-old by 

 Choice Orange, son of Stunkel's Star Goods, own 

 brother to Diamond Goods. Her dam is by Head- 

 light 2d, a son of Duncan's Headlight, much used 

 by C. W. Taylor. What is probably the most 

 valuable cow in Mr. Moreland's herd and one 

 that would be desirable anywhere is the roan, 



