564 A HISTORY OF SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 



Tomson Bros, the great heifer, New Year's De- 

 light, International junior and American Royal 

 grand champion. Little of the increase has been 

 kept in the past but it is now planned to enlarge 

 the herd by production. They have added to 

 their equipment a big silo and a field of alfalfa. 



A bull has been purchased (1920) from 

 H. M. Hill, said by Mr. Hill to be one of 

 his best products. His sire is Master of the 

 Dales by Avondale and his dam is Emma Lady 

 by Ingle Lad, followed by 47th Duke of Airdrie, 

 Thistlewood and imp. King of Aberdeen. The 

 Ingle Lad cows are rated among the best breed- 

 ing cows in Kansas and this particular fam- 

 ily in Mr. Hill's herd has produced uniformly 

 good cattle. 



G. N. Leclerc, Lyons.* Ten years ago Mr. 

 Leclerc bought one Shorthorn cow, Mable 41318, 

 and the entire herd comes from her. The old 

 cow, now thirteen years old, is vigorous, is suck- 

 ling a lusty calf and looks equal to having several 

 more calves. While there are some good cows 

 in this herd, yet it lacks somewhat in the uni- 

 formity that might be expected in the descend- 

 ants of one cow, due probably to the use of bulls 

 varying in type. One of the best bulls was Lord 

 Archer. (See Smith sketch.) His get is smooth 

 and even. The entire herd produces well and a 

 very promising young bull is in service. He 



* Telephone, Mitchell. 



