1.'52 A IIIS'I'()R,V OP SHOKTJTOKNS IN KANRAR 



the latter nineties (_»wncd a class of cattle tliat 

 were well appreciated and many of tliem found 

 their way into good herds. < Jolden Lad bred by 

 G. B. Dnstin and sii'cd by the show bull, (ioldeii 

 Rnle out of the noted cow ini]t. ( Jemianica, 2d, 

 was doubtless Mr. Lowe's 1)est })ul]. A mnnber 

 of the cows i'l'oni this herd ;ind thf; l)ul!, fiolden 

 Lad, weiv sold 1o W. <'. l*Mwa)-(ls of Wichita for 

 his Pawnee county establishment. This bull 

 was used with inuch success ))y Mr. Edwards. 



Anothei- Shawnee county herd that won con- 

 siderable fame dnritiu- the early ])art of this 

 century was that of I). (>. A^a.nNi<-e of Richland. 

 This her<l ol' Rolled Sliorthoriis was exhiluted 

 successfully at some of tlie large fairs and his 

 big' red bull Beh^ederc; was for sevei'al years the 

 best known Rolled tShoi'thoi-n l)ull in the state. 

 At the 1910 Topeka state fair Mr. VanNi<'e 

 showed a roan cow that, judged foi' the ])roduc- 

 ion of both beef and nulk, had few eifuals any- 

 where. The herd was closed out a few years ago. 



Hoadley & Sigmund and George H. Hoadley 

 & Son established a herd in Sheridan county 

 shortly after 1900. From the beginning they 

 used bulls of better ;nicestry thaii were found in 

 most hei'<ls, oue of 1lie fii'st luiving l)een Rarouet 

 of Maine Valley, l)i-c(l b\' <;iliandler Jordan. Some 

 of their cows were bred along ])revailing fashion- 

 able lint^s. This was one of the herds earliest 

 established in the northwest section of Kansas. 



