A HIS'I'DI.'V OF SIIOR'rllOKXS IX KANSAS 4!)3 



tliciii and l('tti]i,u' thcni ,u'n, in most <-ascs where 

 tli('>' wtTc lost 1u the l»r<'(Ml, lie would have sub- 

 stantially advauced his iiitei-ests as a lu'ceder. 



Vriusi 1 ihiiilv )>a<-k ovn- the ,u,Teat array of 

 '■(ivv's and iH'ifcrs that iia\'e bci-n sold from this 

 herd, that it ictaincd "would have given material 

 such as few brecdei's ever gather togetlier, I am 

 inrlmrd to state as my best judgineut that had 

 Mr. Hill's malvc-nn iieeu surh as to exclude com- 

 mercialism, tile rivcamorr S}»iings herd would 

 stand today with few ri\'als. 1 do not (juestion 

 his success as a breedei- i'or not many men in 

 Kansas ca.n show results sirch as he has shown. I 

 am only thinking that selling such <.-ows as Syea- 

 mnre Seci'et, ilollyiue A^iolet, Sweet Mistletoe 

 and ochers I could mention, and pricing his best 

 young cows and heifers only to have them taken 

 off the farm, may l)e g«jod business l)ut it certain- 

 ly has linnted his possibilities as a breeder. 



2sIy. Jiiil, while enthusiastic for Shorthorns, is 

 also a leader in all things pertaining to rural life. 

 He is a farmei' in the laj-ger sense. He is presi- 

 dent of the <Jounty Farm Bureau and always the 

 light hand man of the county agent. His activ- 

 ities {'xtend to everything in which his c<:>imnun- 

 it\' and his county and his neighboring counties 

 ;ir<_' interested. Fourteen years of (juite intimate 

 acquaintance justifies the assertion that south- 

 east Kansas could ill spare Howard M. Hill and 

 his fine family. 



