A HISTORY OF SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 627 



fame as a sire of great producing cows. O'Dell 

 Bros, should be heard from in the future. 



WOODSON COUNTY 



Henry F. Lauber, Yates Center. Mr. Lauber 

 has been a breeder of good Shorthorns since 1909 

 and before that time he had been producing 

 splendid high grade cattle, always using high- 

 class Shorthorn bulls. The foundation cows for 

 the present herd were bought at the annual sales 

 of the Woodsoii County Breeders Association 

 and at the J. T. Bayer dispersion, the better fe- 

 males, only, being retained. The culling out pro- 

 cess has been carried on and the results are seen 

 in a herd much better than the original pur- 

 chases. The care and feed given the herd have 

 not been the best, yet have been sufficient to ma- 

 ture a very creditable lot of cows that are breed- 

 ing well and suckling their calves in nice shape. 

 Mr. Lauber has decided, however, to dispose of 

 the grades and give his pure bred herd the care 

 and consequent development a first-rate Short- 

 horn herd should have. 



The cows with which he began business were 

 nearly all by good bulls and the two high-class 

 bulls used in the herd have added to the quality 

 of the cattle until the young animals are in type, 

 conformation and in actual blood lines, worthy 

 specimens of the breed and the kind that give 

 the maximum returns for the feed consumed. 



