■-!(i4 A HISTORY OP SUOllTUORNS IN KANSAS 



best. Ill lact., the liei-d is .-ilivady on tlu; fju'iii 

 I)u1 the same desire I'or iiii[)i-()veiiieiit that led 

 Mr. Salter to ehaii^'e I'roiii lucdiuni to hig'h-ciass 

 cows and rroiu a, ('oiiiuu,)ij bull at .^150 to Rose- 

 wood Dale c\i <t:!0()0 will manifest itself as long as 

 he breeds iSliorthoriis I'oi- by natui'e and inclin- 

 ation lie belongs in the (dass that seeks better- 

 ment. 



A Adsit to the pastures will eouviiiee any (jne as 

 to the c[ualit\- of the cattle. Good ones are plenti- 

 ful and it is not difficult to find those of out- 

 standing ()uality. ^Viuong these is Hallwood Lav- 

 ender by the well known sire, Village Flash. She 

 is the dam of a, wry prouiising }'oan bull calf. 

 Lavendei' Leaf comes f]-oui ('auada, from the 

 herds <d' W. <J. Edwards. Her sire, Prince 

 (_»f Orange, was a noted son of Missit^'s ('liaui})iou. 

 Oue of her daughters sold in the 191!) Salter sale 

 for tt^20()(). An inij)orted daughter of the noted 

 bull Kee]i Smiling is Whitehall Mist. She is deep, 

 thick and smooth and her maternal ancestry for 

 seA'eral generations comes from Mi-. Duiaio's 

 noted herd. Sli<' has a wonderfully }»romising 

 while calf that looks eveiy inch a real bull and 

 is sl.'ded for at least some service in Ihe herd and 

 probabl)' for ;i, show yard careei-. 



It will be recalled thaf in his 1!)1!) sale Mr. Sal- 

 ter sold a cow for ij^iioOO. ('jicriy Jilossom Gth is 

 a, highly ]»ri'/ed daughter of this cow that topped 

 the highest sale ever held in Kansas. (Jountess 



