570 A UlS'l'lIln- (II' SIlDH'I'lKHiNS IN JvAXSAS 



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J>()tli herds were (■st;il)lisli('(I in 1919. It was 

 Hot uiilil April 191^0 1liat a herd l)ull was sccui'cd, 

 Ji'aloiis Dale, the splendid Itull at I)lueniont 

 h^ii'iiis, having' been used pi'io]' to that time. 

 When it was (U'cich'd to l»ny a bull Mr. Walter 

 iiurtis attended the (Jeiitral Sale at Kansas City 

 and he will be i-enienibered as the bidder wp to 

 $;!50U on San(|uhar Snltan, the Tonison l)ull that 

 sold for ij<o550. Failing to ,u'et this bull, they 

 took advaiitai^e ol' the o])portuihty and boU!j,lit 

 his sire, J>eaver <*reek Sultan, from '^ronison 

 J>i'os. This f^randson (d' Whitehall Sultan is a biu', 

 thiek, short-leg'ged white; with a reputation as a 

 .gi'eat sire, his g-et having- sold at l.)ig' prices and 

 matured into sjilendid animals. 



The Burtis Cows. — Dale's Helen is one of the 

 best daughters of Master of the Dales. Her dam 

 is Helen 51st sohl in one of the Southeast Kansas 

 sales f<.»r $10(10. Sycamore Pavonia, also In- 

 Master of the Dales, is out of (ileiidale l^ivonia 

 2d by the excellent sirt', Scotland's ( *harm, sec- 

 ond dam, imp. Pavonia. This is the same an- 

 cestry as Mr. Nevius' Pi'ince Pavonia. (j)ueen 

 Mistletoe (No. 24 ]l. M. Hill Herd Catalog) is a 

 I'cd five-year-old cow whose calves have sold in 

 Southeast sales at ^W^) and .$1000. (iolden Mis- 

 tletoe, the dam (d' (L)ueen Mistletoe, has also been 

 pui'c based for this herd. She is by Prince Mistle- 

 toe, a son of Mislleioe 2d, own sister to Sweet 



