:;74: A llISTOKi' Ol' HIIOK'I'JIOUNS IN KANSAS 



llicy l(Mik al'lci' (lt'1;iil.s almost to pc/i'tdctioii — a 

 una i-ai lice toi- a well ,L;r(»wii lici'd in the future. 



Not less tlian ei.^lit t^'ood fcsinales luivc; been 

 added io 1liis herd since -June 1f)1i>. Pi-obably the 

 most iiiiportaut purehase was that oJ' four im- 

 ported heifers secured at tlu; Saltcir-Kohison sale. 

 In tlie sauie sale oiu; of the; best Auiei'icaii l)red 

 females was also boiiji2,'ht. These heifc^-s will t)e 

 bred this seasou, lf)20, to imi). Ba})tou Dramatist 

 and the calves froju this cross should be among 

 the most A'aluable Shorthoi'iis ever produced in 

 Kansas. 



John B. Potter, Harper.— Mi-. Pottca' will be a 

 2)ej-manent man in the Shoi'thoi'U business. He 

 has some excellent cows in his liei'd which is 

 ({uite lai-ge. A bigd)odied roan l)y S(^archliuht 

 is one that atti'acis attention and a nice lot of 

 femal(!S recently bougiit of northwest Missouri 

 l)reeders with a dozen excellent ones fi'om J). A. 

 Ewing and others raised locally, make up the 

 herd. Tiood bulls have been used. One of the 

 latest in sci-\'ice and a bull of I'eal worth, 

 which (|uali1y he ti'aiismitted to his calves, was 

 Mastei- ]-*avoiiia. by Prince Pavonia. A nunibei' 

 of th(( cows ai'c by Hall wood (Joods, a, son of 

 Choice (Joods out of imp. Sylvia. Poi'cst Knight 

 by Ciallant Kinght out of a Cowan bred cow bv 

 Norfolk; (Jhief Archer by Whitehall Chief, son 

 of Whitehall Sultan and P.utterfly Abbotsburn 

 by the champion. Young Abbotsbui-n, are among 



