4;!4 A IIIS'l'dRY op SIKIHTHOKNS ]N KANSAS 



is an object lesson to the peojtlc of any couminn- 

 it\'. 



D. S. Romine, Oswego. — When in company 

 witli F. U. Campbell and O. O. Massa I di-ove to 

 Mr. Romine 's home, I involnntarily recalled Mr. 

 Sanders' descrijttion of the Shortlioiii country 

 in England, for n(.)where else in southern Kansas 

 have I seen such gi'ass as on the large lawn. In 

 the pasture on the lower ground, running in blue 

 grass, knee-deep, were twelve Shorthorn cows, 

 every one of which would be called high-class. 

 They are large, fat and smooth and the calves 

 get all the milk they want. 



Ml'. Romine says he always selects the kind of 

 COW' he likes, paying al>solutely no attention to 

 ])edigi'ee but 1 exannned the three top ci'osses in 

 the pedigi'ce of each cow and found all of them 

 well loaded with the blood of such animals as 

 ini}). Coliyrie; Iiam})ton Sp]'a\'; Prince Royai: 

 imp. Clover Flowt'r, the dam of Cumberland; 

 (iallant Knight; Prince Closter, siiv of the ^]0- 

 000 Prince Imj^eiial ; iin}). Scottish Lord, j\Ir. 

 Cowan's great sire; and that quartet from ]\Ir. 

 Hanua's impoi-tation, Ijord Cowsli]), Inglewood, 

 Marine]- and 1he cow Mislh'toe l.lth, dam ol' 

 Captain Archer, Sweet Mistletoe, Collynie's 

 I'ride and Colden ]!)ay. The selection and pro- 

 duction of such a herd proves conclusively 1ha1 

 one need not be a pedigree ex])ert in order to 

 selecl lidod calile, as such caltle invai'iablv come 



