-7(1 A IIISTORY OF SHORTHOKNt; iiN KANSAS 



The reader will recall the Robison farm as a 

 great Pereheron breeding estaldishiiieiit, the pro- 

 duets of which Avon nation-wide fame. There is 

 a. little story connected with its shifting from 

 Percherons to Shorthorns aside from the regular 

 one furnished by the auto and tlie tractor and the 

 truck. Wm. EUett, oldest son of the family, is 

 a 1920 graduate of the Department of Animal 

 Plusbandry in the Kansas State Agricultural 

 College and wants to specialize in Shorthorns. 

 Mr. Eolnson, while apparentl.y good for many 

 years, realizes what some middle-aged men do 

 not seem to understand, that natural inclination 

 for any vocation, if ^^ropei'ly directed, is an in- 

 valuable asset in the race for success. He knows 

 that in the natural course of events his sons 

 should be in the prime of life when for him life's 

 activities have ceased, hence the trip to Scotland 

 for Shorthorns, direct from the locality that has 

 given fame to the breed. 



It is an "all--imported" lot of reds, whites and 

 roans that is the foundation for the herd of the 

 future. Some of the younger animals are not as 

 well developed as tlie 1:)etter American specimens, 

 and af the time I saw them, Aju'il 29, Avere still 

 showing enVcts of tlieir recent hai.'dships, inci- 

 dent to importation. They are, however, nice, 

 smooth, breedy looking specimens and within a 

 few years the good jiastures and the alfalfa will 

 liaA'o done the work so seriouslv interfered 



