2S2 A HISTORY OF SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 



promises to bt'cume as valuable as her mother 

 and is now suckling' a promising calf. IJer next 

 calf is tlie young roan bull sold to head the hei'd 

 of A. A. Tennyson at Lamar and the last, a big, 

 lusty heifer hy imp. Lord Alexander, is on the 

 farm. It is Mr. Graner's intention to raise his 

 herd from tln'se two impoi'ted cows and their de- 

 scendants, Avhich it shoidd be easy to do, consid- 

 ering their prolificacy. 



The herd bull, imp. Lord Alexander, is of 

 large type. I saw him in light flesh and he shows 

 plainly that he has not been pushed. He is 

 straight-lined and quite smooth and his cah^es 

 are big, thick and smooth, lie comes from the 

 Longmore line of cows, the same herd to which 

 Mr. Cruickshank I'esoi'ted for an outcross on his 

 herd and th(; linc^ of sires in his pedigree comes 

 from some of Scotland's best l)reedei's. 



The cattle descril)ed al)ove will l)e ke]:)t on the 

 farm and, to make room for the increase, the 

 large herd which for years has been well known 

 in northeast Kansas will be gradiuiUy closed out, 

 the Shorthorns of modern lu'ceding in time be- 

 (^,oming the entire herd. 



Ashcraft Bros., Atchison. — Tliis is (in<" of tlie 

 old breeding establishments in niu'theastern Kan- 

 sas, vVshcraft Bros, having succeeded theii' fath- 

 (!i', A. M. Ashci'aft who was one of tlu' well known 

 breeders of Aldiison county. Active o])erations 

 began twent}'-five years ago in the i»urchase of 



