34B A HISTORY OF SHOKTIIORNS IN KANSAS 



head that is anything- but delicate and with 400 

 pounds of tlcsli, wliicli Ik; coidd easily earry, he 

 would he called a good ).)ul] anywhere. 



Perkins & Alley, Lawrence. — In this partner- 

 ship we ha\X' a eoinniendaljle case of co-operation 

 between the man who owns the land and the man 

 who dues the farming. Mr. Perkins is a banker 

 in Lawren(_'e who owns valuable farm lands near 

 the city, lie was wisely placed live stock on his 

 hu.d a,' (1 J. VV. Alley is his partner. The Short- 

 horns 1 saw on my visit to the farm left no doubt 

 as to the excellence of the selections or as to the 

 (_'aie given tlieni. 



One (d' the Ijest cows I have seen in looking 

 over Kansas herds 1 saw here in June lf)19. She 

 is of the kind that never gets thin, as we gener- 

 ally understand the term, for she is naturally 

 thick, Itesides she is large, weighing 1650 i)ounds, 

 feminine in appearance arxl a heavy milker. Her 

 yearling heifer is very similar in type and gener- 

 al charactei'istics and the calf at foot was an 

 extra good one. Tlie best cows are being l)red to 

 Willis Colman's outstanding bidl, Mai'quis Cum- 

 1:)erliiid, a C A. Saunders bred son of Cumber- 

 laiid's llcst, son of (!unil)ei-land's Last and sire 

 ol' (_!i!nibci laiul's '^^Fype. This story is dedicated 

 1o baiik<'rs of Kansas who own farms, with the 

 hop<' ilial ollicrs will Follow the examjile ol' Mr. 

 Perkins. 



John Black, Wellsville. — Mr. Black is one of 



