470 A HISTORY OF SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 



sold besides. This is the only case of which I 

 know where a whole large herd is de- 

 scended from one cow. Among the bulls used 

 was Violet Lad by Golden Lad, a son of 

 Eobert Miller's great Golden Eule and the 

 noted cow Germanica 2d, a daughter of imp. 

 Germanica. Another was Defendant, a son of 

 Tomson's Crusader by Barmpton Knight and 

 out of Daisy of Valley Grove by Lavender Prince 

 out of Forest Daisy 2d. New Year's Delight, 

 that as a yearling .heifer was grand champion 

 everywhere in the West and junior champion at 

 the International, was out of Forest Daisy 2d. 

 As Crusader was by Barmpton Knight, the re- 

 lationship of Defendant to this great heifer is 

 very close. The present herd bull is Village 

 Victor bred by Tomson Bros., sired by Village 

 Marshal and out of a cow by the H. C. Duncan 

 bred Orange Magnet 263743, second dam by his 

 well known Headlight. Village Victor is of the 

 large type with heavy bone and plenty of stretch. 

 He is smooth, symmetrical, and splendidly cov- 

 ered. He should cross well with the smooth, 

 medium-size cows in the herd and add a little 

 scale, always a desirable attribute. 



Griffee Bros., Marysville. Although these 

 men began business only two years ago they 

 have gotten together quite a nice herd. The cows 

 are sired by True Goods by the famous sire, 

 Fair Goods, son of Choice Goods and Ruberta; 



