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and add a few to his ))est. When tliis is done 

 he will ]iave a t<.)ppy Sliorthorn herd. 



E. T. Ralston, Holton. — Twelve years ago Mr. 

 Ralston bongiit a c(_iw of Henry Hauh and from 

 this purchase he has sold $5000 wortli of stock 

 and has ten cows left. He gives his Shorthorns 

 ordinary farm care, using them to produce milk 

 and butter and to raise calves. By this method 

 he can not raise the highest type of beef cattle 

 but he is producing good, i)rofital_)le farm cattle 

 that solve the problem of keeping cows on high 

 })riced land and Mr. Ealston's Shorthorns are of 

 the size and ([uality of many others where no at- 

 tention is paid to milking. 



Wm. Wischmeier, Mayetta. — Mr. Wischmeier 

 d()es not expect to produce an outstanding herd 

 but he is confident that he can raise good farm 

 cattle by way of the Shorthorn route. His 

 foundation stock came from the herd of H. C 

 riraner in Atchiusou county which carries as- 

 surance (»f l)oth cjuality and breeding. These 

 cows combine the blood of Modern Scotchman, 

 f rec(uently alluded to in these sketches and Sym- 

 pliony's Last, a bull of great wortli in Mr. 

 Graner's herd. The herd bull comes from D. 

 C:. VanNice, is out of a good cow and by a son 

 of True Sultan. 



L. A. Trundle, Holton. — Mr. Trundle lias de- 

 (•i(U'd that he can not afford to kee]) the common 

 kind of cows on high priced land and even 



