A HISTORY OF SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 597 



coming from Tebo Lawn he descends through an 

 elegant line of bulls. His sire and grandsire, 

 Imperial Sultan and Intense Sultan, both bred 

 by J. H. Miller, were among the best bulls of the 

 breed. 



SUMNER COUNTY 



E. L. Stunkel, Peck. Ever since E. L. Stun- 

 kel was a small boy his life has been associated 

 with Shorthorns. Those who have read the 

 sketch of his father and especially those who 

 knew Henry Stunkel will understand that a boy 

 raised with an old cattleman such as he was 

 would take up the business and follow it success- 

 fully. Ed Stunkel is breeding Shorthorns be- 

 cause he would feel lost without them. At the 

 time the big Stunkel herd was dispersed he 

 owned a number of cows and, taking advan- 

 tage of his intimate knowledge of the animals in 

 the sale and the rather low prices which pre- 

 vailed, he bought some of the most desirable fe- 

 males sold. These were all daughters or grand- 

 daughters of Victor Orange, a bull that, had he 

 been given a chance, would have proved one of 

 the best sires in the entire Southwest. 



A number of the cows were by Star Goods out 

 of Victor Orange dams. Star Goods was own 

 brother to Bellows Bros. ' show and breeding bull, 

 Diamond Goods. The Stunkel herd as now con- 

 stituted descends mainly from cows purchased 



