12 A HISTORY OP SnORTHORNS IN KANSAS 



Shorthorns on The Beef Market. — It is some- 

 times stated that Shorthorns do not command the 

 highest market price. This is a mistake. Good, 

 well finished Shorthorns sell at the highest price 

 paid. They have topped the Kansas City market 

 for 1920 as will l)e seen from the following letter : 



Stockyards Station, Kansas City, Mo. 



7|15|20. 



Mr. G. A. Laude, Secretary, 

 Huinl)oldt, Kansas. 



Dear Sir : 



Replj'ing to yours of the 13th beg to say the cattle we 

 sold for Sni-A-Bar Farms at $17 were the top for their 

 weight for the year. Some yearlings brought $17.25. 



The Sni-A-Bar cattle have always killed very satisfac- 

 torily and are particularly liked by the Harvey people. 



Yours trulj', 



SWIFT & HENRY, 



by J. C. Swift. 



A Record.^ — H. M. Hill, the well known breeder 

 of Montgomery county, has during the past few 

 years bought many Shorthorn cows of var^dng 

 quality. A few years ago he castrated twenty 

 bull calves. These calves were the poorer ones 

 and the off-colored ones from all the cows on the 

 farm only a few having l)een of Mr. Hill 's breed- 

 ing. They were wintered so as to maintain thrift 

 and a good growth, and during the next summer 

 were fed only a little grain on pasture. Toward 

 fall the grain was increased and for the last sixty 



