450 A HISTORY OP SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 



tlie massive red, Victoria. May 2(1, by Count Com- 

 luudore. Tliis cow is jiist what I would want tlie 

 motlier of my herd bull to ]je. Besides l)eiii,iA' an 

 outstaiidiug beef cow, slie is a heavy milker and 

 hci' calf weitilied 800 ])(»uuds the day he was eight 

 mouths old and at that ag(^ lie was sold to O. A. 

 Weddle of Allen county for $700. Closely ap- 

 proaching Victoria May 2d in size, quality and 

 milk is the four-year-old roan, Hattie C, a Tom- 

 son production by Prince Valentine 4th. Iler 

 dam is by Lord Marr, one of the best sons of 

 Lord Mayor and her second dam is Harmon\' Gth 

 by imj). Thistletop. 



The future herd bull is the white calf mer.- 

 tioned above, out of Columbia 5th. If this calf 

 grows out as he lu'omises and as his ancestry 

 would justify, few bulls in Kansas will equal him 

 either as an individual or as a sire. 



E. C. Smith & Son, Pleasanton.— The Smiths 

 began their work in 1915 and have forty females 

 in the herd. The cows are large and the young 

 stock is being well fed and cai'ed for. They haA^e 

 l:)een doing some showing and have a record of 

 winnings very creditable to any one not kcei)iiig 

 catlle es]te('ially for show. In lf)19 they conti'ib- 

 uted to the Central Sah' at Kansas City and in 

 the show held before ihe sale they won second 

 and fourth ])laces on their enti'ies which sold at 

 $700 and $425 respectively. At the 1919 Linn 

 cmnity fair they were awarded first ])lace on 



