A HISTORY OF SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 



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Criiicksliank Duchess of Gloster, for a plain or 

 medium Sliortliorn can not ]>e ealled anything 

 else than plain even in a pedio-ree. If, however, 

 the immediate aneestrv of the animal were exeel- 



MISS FLOKKNCE LAT;I)I'] 

 Daughter of the author, ivho as- 

 sisted in arrangement and re- 

 vision of copy for A History of 

 Sliorthorns in Kansas. 



MISS MAROUKRITE STANLEY 

 Who determined Harper eounty 

 sliould have a Shortliorn Breeders 

 Association tliough she must con- 

 stitute the entire membership. 



lent individuals it cannot be called anything hut 

 a good pedigree and any attempt to discredit an 

 animal so bred by calling it plain bred and by 

 dwelling on the excellent pedigree of the first 

 mentioned class shows either woeful ignorance 

 or an attempt to deceive. Let us call things what 

 they are and rememl^er that real merit is the only 

 true standard of worth or excellence even in 

 Shorthorn x^edigrees. 



