566 A HISTORY OF SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 



At the same time Mr. Smith also bought a cow 

 by Double Champion, the Choice Goods bull out 

 of Russella, the dam of Ruberta and, though she 

 soon became barren, several valuable females 

 from her have been retained. In the herd there 

 is an especially attractive cow that would be a 

 credit to any one and all the cattle are good. The 

 bulls used have been Lord Archer by Protector, 

 a son of Barmpton Knight and out of a dam by 

 Dr. Stewart's Victor Archer and Buster by 

 Double Champion and out of a cow by Vis- 

 count of Anoka. Plans are now being made 

 to put in service a first-class bull, the 

 one thing lacking to make this a No. 1 herd. Mr. 

 Smith is a good care-taker. He pays attention 

 to detail and feeds well and with the bull that is 

 to be secured we may expect the results that fol- 

 low proper mating of good cows and caring well 

 for the herd. 



Hunter Bros., Lyons This is the W. E. Hunt- 

 er herd taken over by sons at Mr. Hunter's death. 

 It is the oldest herd in Rice county and at this 

 time consists of about twenty-five females. The 

 young men intend keeping up the business, work- 

 ing improvements as they have opportunity to 

 do so. Conditions are favorable as they have 

 good pasture and alfalfa. The present herd bull 

 is a large, stretchy, even-lined fellow that should 

 impart plenty of size to his get and increase the 

 scale of the cow herd. Like nearly all the herds 



