A HIS'I'UKV OF ^HoRTMORNS ]N KANSAS IJOiJ 



is Iar,u('ly I'cpi-cscntativc ni' Victor Ai'rlicr, the 

 cxcelhMil sou nj' .\jrli('i', that in Dr. Stinvart's 

 sliow licrd uiadc (juitr a i-('}tutatiou. A dasli of 

 imp. (Jojlynic was also scmrcd tJirougdi the use 

 of The Ivaisei' 577-U;;. A son (»f Victor Archer 

 is in s<'i*A'i<'e at i)i'eseiit. 



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R. B. Donhani, Taimo. — Mr. Doiiliaui was 

 I'aiseil iu a SiKJil liorn i'ainily in Johnson county. 

 He has a iiei'd of t\vent\'-i'ive females and half of 

 them are oiitstaiidinti- specimens of the l)reed. 

 ]!<■ (leniarids iliat his cows l)e hu\u'e, thou,u'h not 

 exii'euie in size, and his s;\'stem of feedinp,' is such 

 as in pnxluce as thick flesh aJid ,u'oo(l <j,'eneral de- 

 \'elo](men1 as is consistent with future usefulness. 



ji]-. J)onliam has l)een exhil)itins af the Repub- 

 lic, < day an<l Mitclieil county fairs, winning num- 

 erous ])rizes and at ea<di of these fairs his herd 

 hull, A^ictoria's Baron 2d, was made the grand 

 champion against sti-ong competition. He has 

 lieeu a contributor to botli the Northwest Associ- 

 ation sales held at ^Juncordia aiid he has held one 

 s.'de on his own account whicJi was rated as ver\' 

 SiK'cessiul. 



The help pi'oblem has l)eeii solved on this ;120 

 aci'c fai'ui l»y employing permanently a married 

 man. The farm is devoted almost exclusively "o 

 ]»asture and the growing of alfalfa, ensilage 

 and caHie. The iShoi'lhorn hei'd Avill )x' increased 



