!-!(i(l A IJIt^TOKV OF SHORTllOKNS IN KANSAS 



and those plaimed for the futiirc will facilitate 

 tlie haiidlint!,- of stock in the best jiossible niauner. 

 How Mr. Salter came to take up hreedin.ii' Short - 

 horns and what lie has accomplished is one of 

 the interesting- stories of the de^'elopment of the 

 industry in Kansas. 



It was in the cheap times, about 18f)0, that Mr. 

 Salter's father bought a red Shorthorn bull calf 

 (they had to be red in those days) and turned it 

 over to Park, then a boy, with instructions to 

 take care of it. The boy did so, not only feeding- 

 it well but breaking it to lead and to rich'. The 

 bull develoi^ed into a big, fine fellow and was 

 the basis of Mr. Salter's early fondness foi- 

 Shorthorns. 



Some years ago while still handling- steers in 

 large numbers, as was the custom of all farmers 

 in his neighborhood, Mr. Salter decided that the 

 Imying and selling of steers was too uncertain 

 and con(duded he would keep cows instead. Be- 

 ing unable to buy a lot of good grade cows, he 

 bought some cheap pure breds but, like many 

 others, he did not adhere closcdy to the original 

 plan of producing only market cattle. By selling 

 and buying he im]>i'oA'cd tlie (|ua]it_\' of his cows 

 and, after using mc^dium bulls for two years, he 

 awoke to the fact that if he was to make any 

 mark as a breeder he nuist have a high-chtss l»ull. 

 R-osewoo(l Dale, a son of Avondale, the outstand- 

 ing bull of his day and out of im]i. Rosewood 92d, 



