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results fully up to any possible anticipations. 



The article above was written in June 1919. 

 Since that time Mr. Mitchell has closed out his 

 Kansas holdings and he and Mrs. Mitchell are 

 living in the choicest section of Old Kentucky, 

 their ancestral home. These elegant Kansas bred 

 Shorthorns are on a fine farm near Lexington 

 where they will do their share toward restoring 

 Kentucky to the pinnacle of Shorthorn glory it 

 occupied prior to 1880. 



George J. Appleton & Son, Maple Hill. This 

 herd dates from 1895 and numbers thirty-five 

 females. The original purchase was from L. A. 

 Knapp, followed by selections from the herds of 

 Andrew Pringle, Tomson Bros, and Babst Bros. 

 One of the Priiigle cows was by Sir Knight by 

 Col. Harris' Golden Knight and out of imp. 

 Sorrel by Roan Gauntlet. Another Pringle bred 

 cow is Kalona by Prime Minister, a son of 

 Imp. Prince of Perth out of an own sister 

 to the champion, Lavender Viscount. Roan 

 Butterfly is a good cow by Modern Scotch- 

 man, a son of imp. Magenta. Her dam is 

 by a son of Golden Victor Jr. and out of a Lord 

 Mayor dam. Lavender Choice was recently 

 bought of Tomson Bros. Her sire is Ingle Lad, 

 a son of imp. Collynie, that is regarded highly, 

 especially in southeast Kansas. Her dam is 

 Lavender of Calstock Farm by the champion, 

 Choice Goods, followed down the line by the 



