474 A HISTORY 111'' SIKIirrllORNS IN KANSAS 



liad been scciiifj,- vdiiiiL!,- ])iills left to sliii't and to 

 fii^lit flics and tliis one that had an owiku' wlio 

 did tlic I'ustliiig- was (Octant in ('oinpai'isoii. 



Mr. Oiicill lias txicn br(H'diii<i,- Sl)(»rtliorns for 

 six years. lie has been successful in produc- 

 ing quite good ones but his greatest success lay 

 in a deal made iu 1919 whereby lie acquired ten 

 young cows bred by E. 11. Abraham. (See Abra- 

 ham sketch.) I saw a. number of these c.ows and 

 they are just the kind tlu; experienced man would 

 select if he were looking for a lot of prospective 

 bi'cediiig cows. Tlie\' arc to be the basis of future 

 operations. In tlicir ancestry they have tlie 

 benefit ot the s])len(lid lines of ])ulls used in the 

 Abraham lieixl, prominent anioiig which are 

 Diamond V^ictor, whose sii'c was sold by Tomson 

 Bros, i'or $2000 in the days when such sales were 

 almost sensational, and whose dam, Daisy Queeu 

 by l-)arm2)ton Knight was a Westei'n state fair 

 and American Royal champion. Another l)ull of 

 national i-c])utation, cntei'ing into the iiiiniediate 

 ancestry of these cows, is IJcssie's llcii' by Or- 

 ange Viscount, the sire of Searchlight and out of 

 im]>. Dessie 51st, the dam of White Goods. (See 

 S. D. Mitchell sketch.) 



Ml'. Oneill has been e(|ually foi'tunale in get- 

 ting a, herd bull. Lavcnidta- Seai'ch is a remark- 

 abl.y smoolh, even, well finished fellow, with a 

 verv deep b(tdy on unusually short legs. He has 

 proved a breedei' of good sto(;k and has inherited 



