A HISTORY (IP SHOKTUORXS IN KANSAS 567 



of Kice county this ]')t of tSli(.)rtlioru,s carries the 

 l)lo()(l broTi.u'lit ill ])y E. H. liutledgX' through 

 Double Cliampioii aud Liljerty Boy aud the 

 niauy good cows which co}iii)osed that herd. 



John J. Donnelly, Little River.— Mr. Donnelly 

 lias only made a start l)ut the cattlenjen of his 

 <'oninuini1y Jiavc alwa\'s made good and he will 

 d<i so. A samjdc of his herd is found in Ruljy 

 La\'ender. Her sire, Lavender Sear'ch, is a great 

 individual )>y Seanddiglit out of a ( dioice Goods- 

 (.'oHynie cow. The foundation conies fi'oin good 

 hei'ds and the outi)ud of this herd will l)e worthy 

 of recognition. 



RILEY COUNTY 

 Theo. Olson & Sons, Leonardville. — One is apt 



to toi-ni an o]»inion of a herd by the cattle seen 

 at different places and fr(^m this viewpoint I had 

 formed a \'ery favoi-able one of the Olson herd. 

 "What I have seen recently has confirmed my 

 opini(_)n. At a mecding of the Northwest Kansas 

 asso(dation the Olson enti-ies to the sale were 

 higlily credital)le and one, a fouideen-nionth-old 

 heifer, must be counted among the best things I 

 have seen this season. 



It is amid the in(.ist fa^'orablc surr(unidings 

 that this herd is kept — two silos, 100 acres of al- 

 falfa, blue stem, alfalfa and blue grass for pas- 

 ture, along with the needed grain to get develop- 

 ment without any of the injurious effects of 



