.'iflO \ lllSTOiiS' OF SIKlin'IlOKNS IN KANSAS 



lic;i(l as lie. As a sire lie is all that i-oiild bo dc- 

 sii'cd. His calves ai'c easy IVcdci-s witli the same 

 soft touch, cxccllciil liiiish and splendid cai-i-iaLi<' 

 as tlieir sii'e. 



Seyb Bros. & French, Pretty Prairie. — This 

 fii'iu consists ot J. < '. Seyh and W. 11. Seyl), 

 brothers, and Ij. 1\. Frencli, a In'olhei'-indaw. 

 Each owns and cares tor his own callle but they 

 own thei]' pastnre lands and herd bnlls in com- 

 mon and co-operate in any commercial trans- 

 actions in tile way of sales. '^Phe (piality, as well 

 as the blood lines of these herds, is larucly the 

 same. All of these men aic in 1lie business to 

 stay and they [)lan to become I'eal Shorthorn 

 breeders making' their herds first-class and pass- 

 ing the business on to the boys of the fannlies. 

 They have sufficient pasturage, plenty of alfalfa 

 with ensilage and an ai)undance of water. With 

 the care they are gi\dng theii- herds they will, 

 without (question, be able to cai'i'y out their un- 

 dertaking. 



The cows are straight and smooth and are the 

 kind that look like good prodncei's. The bi-eeding 

 of pure l)reds liegan eight years ago I'oUowing 

 the raising of high gi-ades, a tew of which are 

 still in the herds but which will gi'adually he 

 (dosed out as the pni'c breds increase. The orig- 

 inal purchases were made ti-om the liei-ds of J)r. 

 Iv. A. Slewai'l and other local breedei's and in- 

 clude two s}ili'ndid cows bred by i\le.v hh'aser, 



