506 A HISTORY OF SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 



Nebraska. Mr. Powell has not given his cattle 

 the attention necessary to secure the most profit- 

 able returns but he has decided to make a busi- 

 ness of the matter from now on and with a nice 

 and very popularly bred foundation and with 

 plenty of alfalfa he will be able to put up a real 

 Shorthorn herd. The bull in use is a Hanna bred 

 son of Hampton Spray with the great, smooth 

 middle characteristic of these cattle, a good head 

 and neck and good quarters. He is a typical 

 Shorthorn. 



Alex Thomason, Havana. Mr. Thomason is 

 a prince of good fellows with an excellent large 

 farm and a good sized herd of practical, useful 

 Shorthorns. His cattle are kept in medium con- 

 dition, just right to do well for the purchaser if 

 given fair treatment. The herd has received an 

 infusion of Captain Archer blood through two 

 bulls, Free Knight and Free Knight 2d. This 

 indicates quality, for Captain Archer was an own 

 brother to Sweet Mistletoe, the dam of the 1919 

 International grand champion. Mr. Thomason 

 has been a contributor to the Southeast Kansas 

 Breeders sales and a heifer of his breeding was 

 first in a hotly contested class at the Southeast 

 Kansas show at Cof f eyville in 1919. At the 1919 

 fall show at Independence Mr. Thomason 

 bought a good heifer representing the Hanna 

 breeding with that of H. C. Duncan and W. A. 

 Harris. 



