194 A lilSTOKV DI' KIKIK'I'JKIKXS IN KANHAB 



lierds of tlie state and of most localities listed on 

 the pag'es following. At tli(; State Association 

 meetiii.L;' held last June twenty-five meinl)(;i-s 

 from a wide territory consif;ned representatives 

 of their herds to the association sale and every 

 one of the twenty-five is a supporter of this work 

 and a sketch of the hcj'd of each appears in this 

 hook. 



The Shoi'thorn industry ovei- the ,(>reater part 

 of the state is leased on actual necessity and foi' 

 that I'cason it must I'emain a permanent industry 

 as lon,^- as the conditions necessary for its exist- 

 ence continue. If you ask how long this will be, 

 I answer hy asking how long will Kansas be the 

 home of the man who tills the; soil '? The farmer 

 can not afford to keej) two sc^ts of cows, one set 

 to prodizce calves for food and for the mai-k(-t 

 and another set to furnish the dairy ])rodTicts for 

 his family, and tlu; t^horthor-n cow is the only cow 

 that will produce a calf ca])al)le of being grown 

 into a profitably produced beef animal yet give 

 a reasonable amount of milk. There is, of course, 

 room for si:)ecial dairy herds of dairy breeds a fid 

 for the herds of beef l)red cows to be kept with no 

 dairy production, but ))y far Ihe greater ]>ai't ol' 

 tliC! buttei- and milk consumed in the state and 

 th(! greal-cf pai-t of the beef consumed at home 

 and S(nit, to market now is, and always will he, 

 pi'oduced <ni the thousands of smaller farms and 

 in a small way, without considei-ation for the 



