A HISTORY OF SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 633 



The Lyon county association sold at Emporia on 

 the 22d, the worst day of the winter, with only 

 forty persons present. Prices ruled low. The 

 big sales at Wichita were quite snappy and the 

 prices received, while sharply lower, were very 

 satisfactory. Breeders were generally agreed 

 that Shorthorn values had suffered a loss of 

 from 25 to 50 per cent from the peak. 



A number of counties have forged ahead with- 

 in the past eighteen months in a manner worthy 

 of special mention. About forty new breeders 

 have been started in Leavenworth county and a 

 large sale pavilion has been erected. I. N. Chap- 

 man, county agent, and Otto H. Wulfekuhler, 

 banker, should be given credit for being among 

 the foremost pushers. 



Harper county fairly jumped into rank as one 

 of the leading Shorthorn counties. There are 

 now more than fifty breeders in the county. A 

 large sale pavilion has been built and big Short- 

 horn shows are being held. While a number of 

 persons deserve credit for this, it is conceded that 

 a woman did it. Miss Marguerite V. Stanley is 

 the leading spirit in the work and secretary of 

 the county association. She had the satisfac- 

 tion of seeing her herd bull, Secret Robin, made 

 grand champion at the 1920 show. 



Sumner county is doing much in an educa- 

 tional way for the Shorthorn breeders. It is an 



