;]<)() A iiis'i'om" (IF siinicriiDHxs i\ Kansas 



siicccssrul (-;M1l(" ui'owiiiLi,' in Kansas, ai'c ^iveii 

 this herd. Tiic calllc arc k('])t in that coiKlitioii 

 (it growth and tlcsli that is licsi tor the man who 

 buys tlicui. 



Mr. Taylor 1(.'lls u\v Ihcy ^-row Shoi'tliorns as a 

 side liiK' and sell their hulls readily when twelves 

 luontlis old or younger at satistaetory prices. 

 The farm is in the hcai't ot the wheat belt where 

 land sells liii;-]i but they recoguize the necessity ot 

 raising' cattle and it these Shorthorns, big', uias- 

 sive aud smooih, are kept as a side line ouly, it 

 might be well for others to adopt their policy. 

 The Taylor ojieralions, in the section where 

 wheat is grown as a main ci'op, should be an 

 object lesson lo ilie farmers of centi'al Kansas in 

 general. The farm has for years been used in 

 })roduciug I*ercher(»ns of high class and the same 

 enei'gy and good management which contributed 

 to the successful production of horses will be 

 manifest in the ])i'odiictiou of Shorthorns. 



G. O. Thomas, Walton. — Mr. Thomas bought a 

 tew females at the breeders sale in Peabody in 

 1918. Tliey were })rin<-ipally from tlu' Jlomau 

 consigiuneiit. One hcifei- is by the ]Touuin-Wil- 

 soii bull. While Hope, (see lioman sketclO out 

 ot a cow by imp. Ardlelhen Mystery. The othei's 

 are of the same breeding as the Iloman herd 

 which gi\'es them a good infusion of very de- 

 sii able blood. Mr. I'homas has used AVhite Hope, 

 mentioned abo\-e, until receutlv and has secured 



