r)S4 A IIIS'I'OI;',' (ll<' SIIOKTIIOltNH IN KANSAS 



rciiiiii k;il»lc (|nai-1('i-s tliMt, cliaructcrizcd (iallaiil 

 Kiii,^vlit. lie (-ari'ics a heavy, smooth I'losh cox-ci-- 

 iii^', h'vcl to]), and j)osses>S('S rare bi'ced (•hai'actcr. 

 Jlis calves ha\'e uevei' failed to att raet favorable 

 atteiil ion. While veiy little sliowin;^- is done now 

 by Tonison J]i-os. the n'et of V^illa^c; Marshal have 

 made an impi-essi\'e sliowin;^' whenevei- exhiljited. 

 His calves as a i ule ai'e beaulil'id I'oans and j)os- 

 sess a imif'orjnity and confoi'mation thai mee1s 

 the t'avoi' of the most ciitical jud^'es. ( )ne oi' his 

 sons out of a dam by !>arm[)ton Knight is bein^' 

 retained I'o)' service, Marshal's Crown, a bull of 

 v(^ry ]-eniarkable deplh of middle, thickness and 

 fullness of (|uarters. IJis head approa<'hes tIh; 

 ideal. Jle is one (d' the gi'eat youn,*.;- l)ulls of his 

 time. He descends fi-om imjj. Marigold l)i'ed by 

 tlie late W. S. Maj-r of Scotland. Another gi'eat 

 hull which at this writin<;- is in sei'vice is Beaver 

 ( h'eek Sultan, also a vvlute by Sultan, a son of 

 Whitehall Sultan. Tlie dam of Ueavei' Creek 

 Sultan was imp. Victoi'ia Mai-y, one of the ^real- 

 est cows bi-ougfit t(j ivmeiica in recent years. 

 T>eave]- (.'reek Sultan is a wonderful flesh car- 

 rier, a nalui-al I'eedei', possess! iii;' ample scale and 

 bone. He is a vei'y pi'e[)otent sire. 



'V\\c hei'd as composed i'e[)i'esen1s the blood of 

 jti-ad icall.N' all of 1 he lea(lin,i;' si I'cs of the present 

 da>'. '^I'he vai'ious tribes, as the Shorthoi'ii folks 

 ai<' in 1he habi1 of desinnal iui;' the maternal an- 

 cesl I'y, j'epreseni 1 he August a. Marigold, Itoan 



