44(> A IIIS'I'OUV Oh" SIKIK'I'HOIINS IN KANSAS 



A. L. Withers, Leavenworth.* — Mr. Witlicis 

 is located tlii-ce Jiiihis fi'om tlie heart ol' the citv 

 and on his hi^li })i'iced hmd lie l'i,n-iires cows ]iius1 

 raise ,i;'ood calves and ji,'iv(! milk for market. The 

 five ^Shorthorn cows 1 saw Ix'inti,' milked are do- 

 iii,^- tliis and the calves are being well raised by 

 hand. The reader will recall that Thos. Jiates did 

 the same thing with his famous Dnchess cows 

 and produced the greatest herd the world had 

 seen u\) to that time. A first-class herd bull l)y 

 Villager J]-, w^as I'ecently bought from G. F. 

 Kellerman. This bull is big, thick and smooth 

 and must be <'onsidered one of the county's best 

 Shorthorns. The fact that he did sei'vice in tlie 

 Kellerman hei'd guarantees his quality. 



LTNN COUNTY 



A. Hamm & Son, Prescott. — This firm is 

 counted among the leading breeders of Linn 

 county. The liei'd wliich was slarted seven 

 .years ago now mimbei's about thii'ty-five fe- 

 males including one imported cow, Sister Susie 

 7298];!. The object is not, to ]U'oduce abnormally 

 lai-ge cattle but rathei- lo aA'oid the exti^anes in 

 size and to hnild np a herd of smooth, imiforiii 

 type with the (joaliiy re(|uired for good Shoi't- 

 lioi-iis. Tlie young stock is being well cared foi'. 



The llaninis exhibited af the Linn comity fair 

 in .lf)li) and won in the classes including fii'st 



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