r)4() A I I ISTI il,-\' nr SllllK'I'l l(ll;,\'S IN KANSAS 



iiis1iiic1 ill ;i well (lr\'("lo|»('(l lunii. Mi's. 'rciiiivsdii 

 ii\\(\ i\\r s.Mis JUT also oil liiisiasi ic Id an iiimsual 

 (l('!,i,r<'('. 'I'lic licrd was rdiiiidcd tliirt(!eii years 

 au,() and its a p])( a ranee in(li<-atcs i)Ui'|)<is*'f'ul and 

 cniisl riK'l i\c l)i-{M'dinu'. li is a, lai'L!,<; one, numlxT- 

 iii,i4' prohahly lil'ly IVnialcs <d' l)i'('(idin<i,' a^'e aiid 1 

 failed 1o i'ind one 1liai was not j^ood. l''liere ai'e 

 iiiiironniiy and cIdsc adliei'eiiee to iiaie Sliort- 

 lioi'ii iy\}(' thai are eoniliined with })leasin,i;' head 

 and neck. Mos1 of tiie eatlle liave ^'ciy nice 

 lioi IIS and, as a wlioh', they make an elej^ant a])- 

 ])eai a nee. Jn size, hotli exti'eiiies ai'e well a.voided, 

 1 here heiii^' i;o \;ery la r_u'e or yci'V suiall ones. Tlu; 

 ealN'es sjieak well lor thei)' mothers as milkers. 



K\'er)'iiiin<;- is in thrii'ty eonditioti hut is not 

 overdone and 1 he eiitii'c lu'rd is kepi on pasture 

 (uily, diirin*;- 1he sunuuer and, except ini;' the 

 youiiL;- stock, all are kept on ensilage, altaHa and 

 o1her rou^Iia;?;e in the winter. This is one of 

 tlios(> herds iliai il is a. real pleasin'e io \usit and 

 to si iidy, not on accoujit (d' i^reat ouistanding 

 jiieril, i'or 1 am iioi clainiin,^ iliat, hut on account 

 ol' ucmiiiie worili as a Sliorthorn hreedini^' herd 

 iiaiidled in an ecnnomical and pi'actical wa\" 

 <'asily wiiliin ihe reach oi'any pro^i'essi \'e rarm- 

 er. ;\L':ricuriural i nleresis a nd L^eneral Short hoi'ii 

 interests would he well ser\'ed i t t he coiiinr\' were 

 till I <h' such hreeders as iM r. and j\lrs. 4_\'nm'Soii. 



<ioiiiL^- ha<-k to the lier<l itselt, the cows ]mv- 

 (diase<l were ^dod and ol' nice hree(iiiiL;' and liood 



