310 A HISTORY OF SnORTlIORNS IN KANSAS 



youijg man of splendid physique and alnlity that 

 should enable him to build on this foundation a 

 herd that would be a credit to himself and a 

 benefit to the surromiding country. 



Wm. Cronin & Sons, Burlington. — Mr. Grrnhn 

 began in a small way with Shorthorns in I'JOO 

 and in 1919 the firm w^as able to hold an excellent 

 sale of thirty-five head. The herd is of popular 

 breeding. Stock has been shown with success at 

 the Coffey county fair and it is one of the plans 

 for the future that showing be continued. I'er- 

 haps the best bull was Hall's Cumberland, Ijred 

 by C. A. Saunders. His sire was See A. Cum- 

 berland by CumJjcrland's Last and his dam was 

 Lady Dorothy 11th by Baron Golddust 3d. L'us- 

 tcr Dale, a go(jd young bull, now heads tlie h(;rd. 

 lie is by Robert Russell's Walnut Type and his 

 dam is by Glenview Dale 3d, a son of Avondale. 



Ivy Allen & Sons, Burlington. — A small herd 

 has Ijcen kept here for ten j'cars, but real effort 

 dates from 1920 when the firm added two out- 

 standing cows wdth heifer calves. Moi'e such 

 females and a bull to match were secured a Ihtle 

 later. These purchases included Janelte 4lh by 

 ClK-iice l^rince followed l)y J\L»rning Star and 

 March Knight and Diahiond (^ueen Li1h, one nf 

 th(; Ix'st cows ill the 1!)20 ]^)ya! sale. 



E. E. Brott, Burlington.— Ml-. ]]rott has a few 

 good cows and he is }»laniiiiig to increase his 

 numbers and become an active breedei'. Practical 



