10 A HISTORY OF SHORTHORNS TN KANSAS 



a single animal beliaved in an unbecoming man- 

 ner nor was the emergency post provided for 

 nervous cattle used once. No untrained and un- 

 handled cattle of any other breed ever acted so 

 well. Shorthorn cattle, by reason of their quiet, 

 gentle disposition are the ideal farm cattle. 



More than a century has now passed since 

 the Shorthoi'n found its way from the rich val- 

 leys of England to the United States. During 

 all this time they have been the popular cattle 

 for the American farmer. ISTot only do they 

 provide more beef than any other breed of cattle 

 but they also furnish the family with all the milk 

 and butter needed. After one hundred years 

 they are firmly established, the great breed for 

 CA'ery section of our country. Other breeds 

 niay be jorime favorites in certain localities, 

 l)ut the Shorthorns are all right everywhere. 

 Other breeds come and go, but the Shorthorn 

 goes on forever. They have established them- 

 selves in the eastern part of our country where 

 they are unrivaled producers of milk and butter. 

 From Ohio to Kansas and from Canada to the 

 Gulf they are firmly established and it is only in 

 sections where they find any active competition. 

 They have gone to the ranges of the central West 

 and Southwest where they became the maternal 

 ancestry of the range cattle that made Hereford 

 popularity possil)le. They are now the popular 

 beef cattle of the Pacific coast countrv and have 



