A HISTORY OP SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 



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sas breeder. When the Cruiekshaiik cattle came 

 in, he bought an imported Scotch bull but soon 

 sold him and bought another named Lavender 



EESIDENCE OF T. J. SANDS, ROBINSON 



Mr. Snnds laid the foundatinn for prosperity at Mr. Johnson 's 



dispersion sale. 



Lad. Later he bought imp. Nonpareil 35th by 

 Kintore Hero. From this cow he raised a bull, 

 ]SFon23areil Lad, used in the herd until the time of 

 his sale about 1900. Mr. Johnson sold many good 

 bulls in his part of the state and he always sold 

 to the man who wanted one on credit. ' ' I always 

 thought," he said, "that a man who was ambi- 

 tious enough to own a good liull couldn't be far 

 wrong. ' ' 



A Period of Expansion. — The year 1870 saw 



