441! A IIISTOHY oil' SiroK'I'IKIIINS IN KANSAS 



loi- llic jtrodiid ion of llic rjirtii lias liccn stroiiL!,'. 

 "^I'lic Sidiic bi'cd cows wci'c (■xccllciii iii(li\'i(liials, 

 (l('S('<'H(lc(l I'l-oiii the l)('st of ancestry 1 lii-oii^h lon,^' 

 use of ]ii,L;']i-c]a,ss ))iills. Ainon^' llicsc cows was 

 Rul)y 24tli ])y Secret (Joods, a son of I5est of 

 (Joods out of Secret of Illll Fai'in 2(1 by imj:). 

 La.vendei- ]jad. J lei' dam was ])y Sirias, a Noi'ton 

 1)re(l son of imp. Salamis. Violet :!d was also by 

 Seci'et (Joods out of a, Sii'ias dam. 



I'lie fii'st bull used in tlie liei'd was Leaven- 

 wortb ;;f);!487, bred by Alex Frasei'. His sii-e was 

 l)y Silk (joods, possibly tlie oidy son of Choice 

 (Joods now doint;' sei'vice. Leavenwortli's dam 

 was by Falsetto, a <;-i'eat sire in Mr. Fraser's 

 liei'd. This Scotcli ci-ossed Duchess bull proved 

 an exceptional breeder foi- Mr. Ode. The bull 

 used until recently was Ilam])ton 5th bi'ed by K. 

 C <li^s1ad. II(' is a son of Hampton's S[ii('y by 

 IIam])ton's Demonstrator and out of a cow by 

 <Joo(ls, Mr. (ii^'stad's (;xcellenf bi'f'edin^- son of 

 ( Jood ( 'hoice. 1 1 is second dam is by ( J olden Lan- 

 caster'. 



The Ode community is such as io ren(h'i- nec- 

 essary a <'lass (d' cows ca|)able of I'aisint;' !j,dod 

 b(!ef <*a,ttl(i and at the same time ,Li,i\'iuL;,' a ii,dod 

 yield of milk. Some of 1he best j^uarantees for 

 1he permanent success of Ibis establishment are 

 found in 1 he enthusiasm a nd ability of the junioi' 

 parlner, in 1he necessily Foi' keeping' cattle as a 

 means of mainb-i iiiini'' soil I'ei'lilitv and in llie 



