A IIISTORV OP SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS T)!.*] 



remem]x']"cd as nwiiing' the loading western sliow 

 lierd of Ins day. 



Ml'. Dent lias a snap in his bidl. It is iTnder- 

 stood that he is co-operating' with his father 

 and brother in the ownership, Imt the fact is that 

 tlie father l)ougiit the hull and the sons are nsing 

 him. The elder Mr. Dent selected a very good 

 hull, for Pi-airie King by Sir Edelweiss (see 

 Regiei- sketch) is out of a daughter of Wooddale 

 C'liieftain, one of the ])est bulls l)y Tlie Choice 

 of All ever sent out by Mr. Gentry. 



H. O. Mott, White City.— Mr. Mott's collec- 

 tion with ShortlKU'us dates l)ack to 1905, the 

 present herd consisting of tAventy females. Pur- 

 chases of foundation stock were made from Rich- 

 ard Roenigk, Thos. B. Reid, of Franklin county 

 and others. These cows were of good descent, 

 carrying nuicli (jf the l)lood of tw^o noted Kansas 

 herds, those of C. W. Merriam and C. F. Wolf 

 & Son. The l)ulls used were Prairie King 442970 

 and Crimson Light 656773. The latter was 1u'ed 

 l)y J. II. Taylor & Sons and is now in use. Ilis 

 sire is the well known Marengo Pearl, a l)ull that 

 did great service in C. AY. Taylor's herd. Mr. 

 Mott is local ed in a cattle countr}' where all con- 

 ditions are favoi'alde to live stock production. 



L. W. Reeves, Parkerville. — The Reeves farm 

 seems ideally located for the production of 

 Shoi'thorns since it furnishes everything that 

 should go t(.) develoi) the young stock Avell and 



