A HISTORY OF SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS ' 209 



Mr. Weddle has little use for a bull of luediimi 

 quality, and for the past two years he has used 

 Butteruut Sultan, a Bellows bred sou of Sultan 

 Su]n-eme, the sire of the 1916 International 

 grand ('1^^1111(^1 Village Supreme that sold for 

 5^16500. To suc(/eed Butternut Sultan Mr. Wed- 

 dle recently bought of George F. Kellerman an 

 outstanding roan calf, one of the very best things 

 Mr. Kelleirnan has (iver bred. This calf weighed 

 800 jiounds at eight months old and would be con- 

 sidered an extra good one in any of America's 

 best herds. 



R. M. Beamon, Bronson. — Mr. Beanion's cows 

 are very uniform in general appearance and eon- 

 formation. The herd is all red and he is one of 

 the few lu'eedei's wlio will not use a roan or a 

 white liull. Among the cows there is one that at- 

 tracts attention on sight. She is out of a daugh- 

 ter of imi). Collynie and her dam was pur- 

 chased by Bellows Bros, at Ed Hall's dispersion 

 for a good price. Two daughters of this cow 

 are in the herd. A new herd bull was bought at 

 the Linn County Breeders sale in ISTovember 1919. 

 The Beamon farm is well supplied with good 

 pasture, a prime requisite for best results and 

 one that is not always found in Allen county. 



C. H. Ronsick, Humboldt. — Mr. Ronsick 

 started right by liuying choice stock at the South- 

 east Kansas Shorthorn sale which purchase in- 

 cluded two heifers fr(")m H. I. Gaddis' excellent 



