~lM) \ HISTORY 1)1'" .SIIOKTIIORNS IN KANSAS 



tilis I'ivm I'vom l»uildiii,i;- up ;i choice Shortliorn 

 licrd and if ruture additions are made with tlic 

 sani(\ jud,!j,nient shown so i'af, they will succeed. 

 The Aescldimans have access to several i^-ood 

 bulls and are using one of the best in Nemaha 

 county. 



H. Heimann & Son, Seneca. — IMr. Heimann 

 has made u}) his mind that there is no reason why 

 his son should ])roduce grade cattle just be- 

 cause he himself did so he has bought some good 

 Shortliorns and the young man is in chai'ge. He 

 is entlmsiastie and I think will be a real success. 

 The cows selected for a, stai't are of the medium 

 size, smooth kind. l)(jrothy, a three-year-old 

 red, comes from L. V. Sanford. Her sire is Or- 

 ange Premier, a son of the well known Orange 

 Model out of a cow b\' Lavender Viceroy by Lav- 

 ender Viscount. A munber of the younger fe- 

 males come from Dr. Mark's herd in Jeffer- 

 son county and are by I)ou1>le Diamond, a nice, 

 smodih ))ull with a doul)le cmss ot tlie cliampiou, 

 D'amond <o)ods, and a ci'op dl' calves to his cre- 

 dit speaks w^'ll for him. 



Trooper's Model is the Imll used. lie is l\v 

 TroopeJ', the Barmpton Kniglit bull used so suc- 

 cesstull)' l»y Mr. Sanlord and liis dam is by Mat- 

 incH'.r bred by Jolm Mc(_'oy. In addition to this 

 stock on liand, Mr. Jleimann is contemplating 

 the purchase of some strictly high-(dass cows 

 l)i'ed along mosi. pojudar lines and a first-<'lass 



