540 A HISTORY OF SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 



instinct in a well developed .form. Mrs. Tennyson 

 and the sons are also enthusiastic to an unusual 

 degree. The herd was founded thirteen years 

 ago and its appearance indicates purposeful and 

 constructive breeding. It is a large one, number- 

 ing probably fifty females of breeding age and I 

 failed to find one that was not good. There are 

 uniformity and close adherence to true Short- 

 horn type that are combined with pleasing head 

 and neck. Most of the cattle have very nice 

 horns and, as a whole, they make an elegant ap- 

 pearance. In size, both extremes are well avoided, 

 there being no very large or very small ones. The 

 calves speak w r ell for their mothers as milkers. 



Everything is in thrifty condition but is not 

 overdone and the entire herd is kept on pasture 

 only, during the summer and, excepting the 

 young stock, all are kept on ensilage, alfalfa and 

 other roughage in the winter. This is one of 

 those herds that it is a real pleasure to visit and 

 to study, not on account of great outstanding 

 merit for I am not claiming that, but on account 

 of genuine worth as a Shorthorn breeding herd 

 handled in an economical and practical way 

 easily within the reach of any progressive farm- 

 er. Agricultural interests and general Shorthorn 

 interests would be well served if the country were 

 full of such breeders as Mr. and Mrs. Tennyson. 



Going back to the herd itself, the cows pur- 

 chased were good and of nice breeding and good 



