550 A HISTORY OF SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 



head as he. As a sire he is all that could be de- 

 sired. His calves are easy feeders with the same 

 soft touch, excellent finish and splendid carriage 

 as their sire. 



Seyb Bros. & French, Pretty Prairie. This 

 firm consists of J. C. Seyb and W. H. Seyb, 

 brothers, and L. R. French, a brother-in-law. 

 Each owns and cares for his own cattle but they 

 own their pasture lands and herd bulls in com- 

 mon and co-operate in any commercial trans- 

 actions in the way of sales. The quality, as well 

 as the blood lines of these herds, is largely the 

 same. All of these men are in the business to 

 stay and they plan to become real Shorthorn 

 breeders making their herds first-class and pass- 

 ing the business on to the boys of the families. 

 They have sufficient pasturage, plenty of alfalfa 

 with ensilage and an abundance of water. With 

 the care they are giving their herds they will, 

 without question, be able to carry out their un- 

 dertaking. 



The cows are straight and smooth and are the 

 kind that look like good producers. The breeding 

 of pure breds began eight years ago following 

 the raising of high grades, a few of which are 

 still in the herds but which will gradually be 

 closed out as the pure breds increase. The orig- 

 inal purchases were made from the herds of Dr. 

 E. A. Stewart and other local breeders and in- 

 clude two splendid cows bred by Alex Eraser, 



