170 A HlyTdKY OF SHORTUOKNS IN KANSAS 



The pcditivce being inercly the names of the aii- 

 eesteivs oi' the animal pedigreed, it foUows that 

 the iK'digree will be got)d if ihe animals that go 

 to make np the pedigree were good. If they were 

 not good it is folly to eall the p(Hligrec good no 

 matter how fashionahle or liigh ])rieed it is. Re- 

 versing this proposition, if a good Sliortlun'n in- 

 dividnal is from good Shoi'thoru ancestry up to 

 ninety per cent or more of its blood lines, no x)os- 

 sible argument coidd he. jn'odueed that would 

 make any sane man really Itelieve that such pedi- 

 gree was not a good oiu'. To call it bad woidd lie 

 to cast aside the common use of the English lan- 

 guage and to call the pedigrc^e good if the imuu!- 

 diate ancestry consisting of thirt\' animals were 

 good, had and iudil'fei'eut would he equally 

 inconsistent, even though the animal sold for 

 thousands. 



The Value of the Pedigree. — Tlie commercial 

 value of all pure hred and I'cgislered stock above 

 the ])rice such animals would bring as gi'ades lies 

 in the ])edigree. ^'his being 1he case it behooves 

 cA'ei'y one hi-eeding S ho i'1 horns lo make the pedi- 

 gi-ee good and that means tii'st of all select a good 



cow descended i'l-oin g 1 an<'es1 ]'\\ 1 hen use only 



an exti'a good hull from exti'a good ancestry. A 

 i'ew hnn<lred dolhii's nioi'c or less paid I'or a hull 

 is no! so nnich of a I'actoi' in Ihe case as is the 

 mei'd and ;incesiry of the bull himself. One ean 

 huy a cow with a good pedigree but unless the 



