308 A HISTORY OP SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 



farm willi nl)ui daiit i)aRinv(' and alfalfa and a 

 slid funiislu'S siu'cnlciit winter feed. That the 

 Shorthorn husiness will continue to be eari'ied 

 on suceessfidlv here seems assured for tlie s)ns 

 of the family are even more interested than is 

 Mr. lieaeoek himself. 



Several bulls have l)een used moi'e or les-; but 

 the leading- one is Brawith Heir :]51fi08. He was 

 l)red by Tomsons and sired by (Jallant Knight's 

 Heir, first prize bull at tlie Kansas State Fair 

 and else^\'here. His dam is ( Jratitud" 5th l)y White 

 Goods, the great son of Choice (Joods and imp. 

 Bessie 51st, owned by Thomas, Jameison & 

 Mitchell. Brawith Heir has been used in the 

 herd with good results. A new bull, Augusta's 

 Archibald by the Anoka bred Right Stamp by 

 Sultan Stam]i, has just been bought. Augusta's 

 Archiliald is out of imp. Brandby's Augusta 4th 

 and carries the i:)rcstige of most excellent an- 

 cesti'y. 



C. L. Buchanan, Lebo. — Mr. Buchanan is one 

 of the older 1)reeders of Coffey county, having 

 started with Shorthorns in ]90(). A few years 

 ago he held a successful ]>ublic sab' and there arc 

 now about tliii'tv femah'S in the herd. Tlic nia- 

 tui'c COWS are of good size for some of the 

 older ones lun'c been sohl on the market and the 

 average weight of 1400 pounds off grass proAa^s 

 the assei'tion. There has ))een no systematic ef- 

 fort mad(^ to keei) up with the fasliit)n in blood 



