A IHSTOliV OK SlKJKTllOKXS IN KANSAS 'jIJ5 



l)astuix% })leiit>- of alfalfa, and a disposition to 

 grow good tShoi-Tlioriis that allows no thonglit of 

 failure. Mr. ]5ott<.)ni is uot thinking of the neat, 

 tidy, ]'oi!nd, little type, easily fattened on grain, 

 but id the )>ig, smooth, luassive kind that can go 

 out and gi-aze to tlie hcst adA'antage, then winter 

 well on tile farin feeds. 



Constant iui])] ovenieiit is heing planned for 

 the herd and it is no nieaii one that meets the 

 visitor's eye at this time. With few exceptions 

 the cows ai-e large and of cori'ect Shorthorn type, 

 and tliey are jirodueiug ealves that are lacing 

 well suckled and are growing i]ito good cattle. As 

 I recall it, practieall_v cA'cry cow in the herd was 

 suckling a calf (»r would produce one shortly. 

 This is no dout>t hugely due to the conunon- 

 sense method of kee})ing them neither fat nor 

 lean, just thrifty. In general the breeding is 

 very similar to tliat in Mr. Clement's herd. 



Kansas Pjide, a large, attractiv(_' I'oan c-omes 

 fi-om Loch liros. Her sire AValnut Duke, is a 

 Bellows b]'ed sou of Ilainpton's Successor out (_>f 

 a Victo]'allan dam. Her dam represents (iood 

 Choice ;<}jd Meri'v lJa.m})tou. A Tfsnison bred 

 daughter of Harnijilon Knight is out of a dam by 

 the Hands bred Yanti'iish, a son of Calahad, sire 

 of (hillaut Kniglit. This coav has lieen an excel- 

 lent lu'ceder and lier bidl calves have all sold at 

 good ju'ices before Ixdng old enough to wean. She 

 is now suckling a nice heifer. Another atti'active 



