20"^ A IIISTOKY OP SHORTHORNS IN KANSA^S 



;irc aiijoiiy- the best in tliis p-drt of Kansas with 

 llie clKiii/est pastiires and unlimited acreage of 

 .'ilfaHa, land and all needed Ijuildings that will en- 

 able a man to get the best results in handling 

 eattle. The stock on hand is exceptionally g(jod. 

 It includes the red, Jacintha 2d, an Amcoats bred 

 < laughter (_»f Whirlwind by Captain Archer and 

 her yearling heifer )jy Vict(jr Gloster, the grand 

 (diampion bull at the 1919 fall Southeast Short- 

 horn sIkav at Independence. This pair was in the 

 excellent consignment made by J. H. Holcornb 

 to the Southeast Kansas sale and Jacintha 2d 

 was tlie best producing cow in the Holcomb herd. 

 Passing by a nnmbei- of g(jod ones I want to 

 notice Lady Cumljcrland, a roan hy the Owen 

 Kane t)i-(;d Sjjicy Pride, a son of Spicy Cumber- 

 land Ijy Cumberland's Last. Spicy Pride's dam 

 was Maxwalton Rosewood hy Avondale out of 

 imp. Rosewood 86th. Tlie dam of Lady Guniber- 

 iaiid is out of a Rapp bred daughter of Cladstone, 

 i-ecognized as one among the better sires by 

 Whitehall Sultan and a bull whose get won man>' 

 ])i-izes af the big sIjows. Lady (Juml:)er]and hcr- 

 seir is o]ie of tJie b(.;st speeimens of the Ijreed iii 

 this pai-t of Kansas and would make a, strong 

 (■ii1i->' in a, good sliow. The bull selected by Mi'. 

 W^irks is a white of outstan<li]ig merit. He was 

 bred by .John Regier and was considered by Mr. 

 jicgiei- one of tlic l)est bulls he ever bred, if not 

 1 he best, lie is unusually deep and thick with as 



