484 A llls'^l)l;^■ i ii-' si loirri iokns in Kansas 



H. M. Hill, Lafontaine.-— Tl 



read liir 11. iVi. Jlill skclcli in I'arl 1 will l)c aAvarc 

 (if tlic i'aci tliat a splciidi*! FouiulatidU I'or a I'cal 

 t~>h()rtli(>ni licrd was well laid. Those who lia.vc 

 not rrad it arc asked lo do so liet'oi'e I'eadiii^' 1liis. 

 Sycamore SpriiitiS Farm is almosi an ideal home 

 foi' cattle. The best (jiiality of urass, an al)Uii- 

 daiice (»f sprinu' water, u'ood alfalfa laud, two 

 silos and natiii-al shelter I'liriiish the means of 

 2)rodiicint;' the hcvst kind of cattle. 



Al)out loi'ly hii^h-class J'emales and two hulls 

 are kept on the I'ai'ju. Some of these; cows have 

 an indi\'idual histoi'y, not onl}' as ,Li,i'eat sjieci- 

 mens (if the hreed hut as ,u,'reat pi'oducers. A 

 number of them are considered f(_)untlatioii cows 

 for the herd. Among those so classed is the big- 

 roan, Wistful, by (Jollyiiie out (d' Wistaria by 

 Royal Knight, second dam, Spirea f)y imp. iioyal 

 Pirate. (See llanna sketch.) She has to her 

 credit a dozen calves. Every one of her bulls 

 went to head a, good herd at a good price and her 

 lu'ife]-s gi'ew into good cows that art' ]-egular 

 breedei'S. This cow, though fiflceii yeai's old, 

 suckle(l a, calf last summer and hardly looked her 

 years. J lei' pedigi'ce, whether from the view- 

 poiiil of jireseiit |)opularity oj' of individual 

 niei-ii ill ancesi ry could not be excelled and a. lot 



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