'2^4 A JIISTORY OP SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 



l)ecii kept for about twenty years. The main lierd, 

 Jiowever, has consisted of liigii grades and com- 

 mercial stock. This is t(j be changed and in the 

 future they will specialize on Shorthorns. Early 

 in their work they bought ot C. S. Nevius a few 

 of his famous Scotch Josephines, one of the best 

 families of Kansas Shorthorns. They also 

 secured Poppy's Pride bred by B. O. Cowan and 

 sired by his great bidl, Norfolk, and out of a dam 

 by Victor Knight ; Lovely Lassie by Victor Arch- 

 er 16;1364, a Prather bred son of Fearless Archer ; 

 Pa([uita ))y Prince of Tebo Lawn out of a cow by 

 Prince Armour, the great white son of imp. 

 Pi'incess Alice and others of similar class. This 

 gave them a, splendid working foundation. TJie 

 bulls used have, as a whole, been good ones. 



While no extravagant prices have been paid, 

 Messrs. King have held in view fii'st of all the 

 market I'equirements and profit to the producer 

 and have demanded that their herd bull be a 

 strictly good beef animal. A study of the pedi- 

 grees of the bulls used shows them closely de- 

 scended fi'oni the Ix'st Shorthorns of the day. 

 Among tbe fii'st sires in service was Airdrie Vis- 

 count bi'cd by (I. Vj. Leonard. J 1 is sii'e was Lav- 

 ('ud<'r Viscouni, Amei'icaii grand champion and 

 bis dam was by th(> ^hld ])uke oi' Airdi'ie, one of 

 the bcs1, bulls of llie most po]>ular I'amily of 

 Sliortlionis in 1 lie woi'ld. I'lie S. ('. Jianna bred 

 Lmic li;;i!»l!); Aiaslet- Mason ;',74(;()(i bred bv 



