574 A HISTORY OF SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 



weighing near 1500 pounds and giving 7000 to 

 9000 pounds of milk a year. The bull used is 

 Jealous Dale by Matchless Dale, dam by Avon- 

 dale, second dam by Whitehall Sultan. The 

 owners of this herd are two of the best known 

 cattlemen in the United States with whom the 

 Bluemont Farm project is a minor line of busi- 

 ness. 



W. J. Weisner, Manhattan. Mr. Weisner is 

 located a short distance from the city on a farm 

 well adapted to growing Shorthorns. He expects 

 to build up a good herd and he has a nice foun- 

 dation coming from Andrew Pringie and repre- 

 sentative of the excellent breeding bulls Mr. 

 Pringie has always used. This gives him the 

 blood of such famous sires as Col. Harris 7 Gold- 

 en Knight, imp. Thistletop and the great cow, 

 imp. Golden Thistle by Roan Gauntlet, imp. 

 Baron Victor and others of the leading western 

 sires. His herd bull has one of the best possible 

 recommendations in that he combines the blood 

 of four outstanding herds, the two Betteridge 

 herds, Tebo Lawn and that of B. O. Cowan. 



SEDGWICK COUNTY 

 A. W. Jacob, Valley Center. Treating the 

 present herd as a foundation, Mr. Jacob has 

 abundant material with which to achieve any 

 degree of success he may wish to attain. There 

 are some excellent cows in his herd, closely 



