2S0 A HISTORY OP SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 



the AVIiitewater Stock Farm will find a parallel 

 ill the bull which will head this herd. 



At the Salter-Eobison sale held at Wichita 

 May 15, 1920, a coiisigmiient ot twenty-seven 

 head, which included several of the imported 

 t-attle, made an average <d' $920. iSwet't Fra- 

 grance, bred b.y Wm. Duthie, sold to All.)ert Hul- 

 tine of Nebraska for $2400, and a number (d' the 

 American bred females sold for more than $1000. 

 It should be kept in mind that the cattle were in 

 thin flesh and that Mr. l\(j))ison retained the 

 most desiral)le ones in his foundation herd. 



Fremont Leidy, Leon.* — Mr. Leidy is the old- 

 est breeder of his comiimnily. Nine years ago he 

 w^ent to the Alex Fraser dispersion and bought 

 three of the best cows of that excellent herd. l*re- 

 vious to this he had bought from the J. F. Stod- 

 der herd a trio of splendid cows. This gavi' him 

 daughters of Falsetto, the noted Norton hull; 

 Silk Cioods, the son of (Uioice (Joods and Lassie 

 of Tebo Lawn and Captain Archer, one of tlic^ 

 best sii'es in the West. They were out of dams by 

 15th Duke of Hillschde, one of llie last of 

 his great tamily; Lord Thistle, son of tlie 

 noted cow, Mysie 45tli and (iweiidoline's Prince, 

 anothei- son oi' JNlysie 45th. The hei-d ha^ het'u 

 very ]irolii'i<' and tour sales ol' ahmit forty \\c<\d 

 each have lieeii lield, the greatei- part of the ot- 

 reriii"S liaA'inL^' lu-en descended frinn thest' cows 



Sljiii on J'^i'iyeu ur SiititM Fc. 



