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A II IS'l'<)l;,\' Oh' SHOU'I'IIORN.S IN KANSAS 



Ij.-hI, .lilt, lj;i\cii(lcr, V i('1,(ii-i;i, Duclicss of (JldS- 

 Icr, (>r;iMi;c IJldSSoiii, Ma^riowcj-, (Jl;ii-;i, Vi(>i<'1, 

 Spicy, < J w'cnddii lie, Sini])li<'i1,y, and (lUic'i'S oi' 

 siinilai' iMcrii and popiilarily. I5ul it is always 

 tl)(! iiidi vidualiiy tliat has claiiiKid I'ii'st coiisidcr- 

 a1 ion of 'Fdnisoii I iros. 



'r\\(' i'arni aciM'S lia\-(' ^i-ovvn rr<ini a, modest be- 

 ;j,innin;^' 1o a |)|)i'<ixiniat(;ly KJOO acres and tlx; 

 plans (-onicinplalc a ('ontiniianc*' aJon^' the estab- 

 lished lines lliroii^h the jiinioi' nxjinbeirs, a later 

 i;('nei-ation, who ai-(! still on tbe youtlit'ul side of 

 twenty yeai'S. 



The pl'es(;nt ineinl»ei-s ot Hie rii'in aj'e John R. 

 'l\>)nsoii, j)o\'ei', for many yeai'S a. dire('t,oi' of the 

 Amei-jean Sho)-thoi-)i i>i-eeders Assoeiatioii, 

 sei-\'in,u,' 1 wo leiiiis as pi'esidcMit, of the assoeia- 

 tion; dames d. Tomson, Carboudale, boUi being 

 ^■eiierall\- known as skilled jiufu'es and called to 

 oi'i'icialc in such capacity in many parts of this 

 counlry and <'anada and J^'i'ank I). ''I'omson, 

 lancoln, N(d)raska, editoi- "The Slioi-thorn in 

 ;\merica," the olTicial or^aii of the Aiiiei-ican 

 Shor1lio]-n l5]-eeders y\ssocia1 ion. lie was for- 

 mei-|\' a member of The l!l-ee(lei''s (Jazette sbaff 

 For a number of yeai'S. 



H. T. Forbes, Topeka.— Mi-, and Mrs. I<\)i-bes 

 a IT bnlli much iihei'esb'd in Iheii- Shorthorns. 

 1'liey lia\'e an ele-^ant Farm foni- miles west of 

 Topek;, ;nid Ihey ha\(' an elegant herd of callle 

 on 1 lie Fa rm. The herd i-epj-es<'nis ei^ldeen yea rs 



