556 A HISTORY OF SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 



both by retaining the best of the heifers produced 

 and by making an occasional purchase. The cows 

 in the Donham herd represent the most popular 

 of the Cruickshank and Marr families and some 

 of the pedigrees are especially attractive. 



Miss Lavender, a roan bred by T. J. Blake, is 

 good enough to have won the grand champion- 

 ship at the 1919 Republic county fair. Her sire, 

 Royal Gloster, was by the popular Royal 

 Diadem and her dam, Lady Acorn, was 

 by Barmpton Bud 152945. Red Alexandria 

 is a daughter of Orange Lad, a son of 

 Geo. Allen's Victor Sultan, one of the best 

 Whitehall Sultan sires. Her dam is Miss Dale 

 by Merry Dale, a son of Avondale out of imp. 

 Matrimony. At the 1920 sale held by C. S. 

 Nevius & Sons, Mr. Donham strengthened his 

 herd by buying Valentine's Violet, a white two- 

 year old by Emma's Valentine, for $1325. This 

 is one of the richest and most popularly bred 

 heifers in Kansas or elsewhere, for this line of 

 breeding has produced Lady Supreme, the 1919 

 and 1920 grand champion cow west of the Miss- 

 issippi and Lespedeza Collynie, the 1919 grand 

 champion bull at the International. Valentine's 

 Violet and her heifer calf by Golden Search 

 would add great value and prestige to any herd. 

 Golden Signet, an elegant twelve-month-old 

 red heifer by Golden Search, also fell to Mr. Don- 

 ham's bidding. 



