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A iriSTOlfY OF WiroiiTiroItNS IN KANSAS 



;iii<l (lams bred liy Mr. Cniicksliaiik liiinself and 

 llic jx'dinrcc is especially atl ra<'tive. 



The cows iiieiil ioiied in llie lui'etioiM^- are only 

 a few of tile ^ood ones in i lie ( iaeddei-f herd, the 



sui'UKMK criri'i':!; 



rest ])ein<2,- of the same desii'able l)i-eedin,<;- and 

 eonfoniiation. it will he evident to any one in- 

 terested ill tShortlKn'ns and possessini^- a fair 

 knowledg'e of Shorthoi-n pedii^-i'ees that the Gaed- 

 dert cattle ]troperly belong-, by virtne of inher- 

 ited <|nality, aniontj,- 1he lops ol' llie bi'eed. 



As in all woi'th-wliile herds, the bull is the first 

 consideration. In the ])nrcliase of Pleasant Aeres 

 Siiltau (hieddert Bros, went to one of the foun- 

 tain lieads of Slio)'tlioni excellence foi' a sire. In 



