108 A llilSTOJiV OK fSHOKTHOKXS IN KANSAS 



Amcuig tJicin were Syjiugiu Ijy Royal Kiiight and 

 her great sou, Prince of C<jliyiiie; Inglemaid by 

 imp. Iiiglewood the dam oi' Ingle Lad; Sweet 

 Mistlet()e and Sycamcjre Se(;ret by Coll3aiie. 

 >Sweet Mistletoe was later sold to Lespedeza 

 wliere she gave birth to Imperial Mistletoe and 

 Lespedeza GoUyuie. Imperial Mistletoe was a 

 leading show bull at two years (jld and sold for 

 $4100 and Lespedeza CoUynie was grand cham- 

 pion at the International in 1919. I saw Syca- 

 more Secret as a three-yeai--old heifer suckling a 

 600 pound calf and weighing 1700 jjounds on 

 grass alone, in August. 



Two pastures full of such cows with Prince of 

 (jollynie in one and Ingle Lad in the other, wad- 

 ing in limestone blue stem nearly knee-deei:) — this 

 is what I saw on my first visit to Mr. Hill's and I 

 wondered how. many western breeders could dup- 

 licate such a scene. It was on the same occasion 

 souk; twelve years ago that for two days I was 

 the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Hill. I want to add 

 my testiuLony to that of the Imndreds of visitors 

 wlio have (jiijoyed Mrs. Hdl's charming hospital- 

 ity — generally crcjdited with ha^'iiig been a great 

 factor ill 1lie success of the ))usiness. 



I5o1li Pi-iiicc ol' ( 'ollynic and Ingle Lad were 

 frcu'ly used I'oi- a, iiiiiiil){'i- of years and sired a lot 

 of cal\'cs. Like ol liei- bi-ecih'i-s, Mr. J Lill failed to 

 j'caliz(t in a(h-an(;e th(! real value of tlie heifers, 

 l^'iie f(nv Ingle Lad c«jws now on the farm are 



