4f)8 A IIISTdRY OF SIIOK'I'IIOHNS IN KANSAS 



< 'liaiiipioii, I'olldWfMl by imp. yXi'dlcilicii Mysiciy, 

 iiii]). hiviiicihlc ;iii(l imp. llospodar. Mr. Uii^-cii' 

 will add a Tew (-lidicc rcmalcs and until lie secures 

 a I'ii'st-class bull n\' liis own Ik^ will use ]!. jj. 

 Taylor's herd bull. (See Taylor sketeli.) Both 

 Mr. and Mrs. ITn^'c'i' ai-e enthusia.sti<'. about 

 Shoi'tliorns and nothing!,' less than an exeelhiiit 

 hei'd will satisfy them. 



MARSPTALL COUNTY 

 H. J. Bornhorst, Irving. — Mi'. J!ornhoi-st is a 

 man ol' unusual enei't^y and a!)ility. Ten years 

 a,!j,'o lie be.Li,-an breediu.Li,' Shoi'thoriis on a, rented 

 farm iicai' Maiysville and the eluirae1,er ot his 

 lierd as seen in 191!) indicatc^s ('lea,rly that he was 

 a n'ood jud.^c of beet cattle when Ik; boug'ht his 

 romidation slock. That he is a, rirst-<dass cattle 

 man is shown by llic admii-ablc way in which 

 he handles his slock. Early in 1J)20 he moved to 

 a- bi,L;' raiu-h which lu; bou,uiit near li-\'in<;' and on 

 this land he has what is almost a catth; pai'adise 

 where; JShortliorns will do their best. 



Ml'. ]'>ornliorst has a lot ol' cows that are de- 

 scended from choicest ancestr.\', conse(|uentl\' the 

 bulls from his iK'i'd can be classed as deix'iidable 

 because wha1('\'er merit Ihey may possess is in- 

 herited and almost cerlainly will be transniitled 

 t(» thc^ir <j;vi.. Souk; of tli(;S(; cows are bred aloii.y,' 

 rashionabh; and popular lines and ]>ra<'tically all 

 arcL^ood iiidi\'iduals. I was especially impressed 



