KANSAS SLIORTJIORN DRCUNTZATTONS 



l'li(^ rifst. Kansas Slate Sliortlioni lifcu'cUn'S 

 7\ss()(-ia1 ion was oi-L^anizcd in ahont 1H84. W. S. 

 WJiiic ol' SalM'1 lia was niic of 1lic Fii'st pi-csidcnts 

 if not flic rii-sl and K.^^. Sliclion, then I'l'olVssor 

 of A^i-icnHnrc in llic Kansas State A^-ricnltural 

 <'oll(',n-c, was soci-ctai-y. ( lol. W. A. Harris was 

 1lii' l('a<liiiti,' ]»i-onio1ci' of the oi'^'anization wliicli 

 J'oi- a J'cw ycai'S had a laru'c incnihcrslii]). Tlie 

 liai'd limes ai'd low ])riccs of the late eio-]ities 

 ovei'eanie tlie e;itl nisi asm of 1 lie members and the 

 assoeiaJion held i1s last me(;tin,Li,' at To]>eka in 

 Deeemher 1<S,S7. A notable event of this last 

 iiieetinij,- was the advocacy by ( )ol. Jlari'is of some 

 form of rei^istral ion which wonld indicate tlic 

 ([nalily of the animal recoi'dcd if i1 were 

 of extraoi'dinary merit. '^Phe sn!j,'^'estion he 

 made was 1<» adopt a slanchird I'oi' size, 

 general eonfoi'ination and regard for true 

 Shorthorn type with a])paront praetieal util- 

 ity and to indicale wiHi a stai- placed before 

 the name in 1he An:erican liei'd book" such ani- 

 mals as had siiccesstnlly passed (his inspection. 

 A very li\'ely discnssion followed and in this 

 meeiing originaied Ihe i-cniai-k Ihat Col. JIarris 

 was leadei' of (he pi-ogressive element among 

 Sliorthoi-n bi-eedei's. A lt]ion,M,li a sti'ong sentiment 



