r)f)(i A IllS'|•()lv^■ ()!'' SIKIlt'l'llOltNS IN KANSAS 



SMITH (K)UNTY 



Springbrook Slock Farm, Lebanon. — T. M. 



W'illsou is owiicM' and K. M. J)a\'is<»ii is iiiaiia,i;('i' 

 (>r ISprint>i)r()<)k Stock Farm, a l<'a<liii,ii,- I^dllcd 

 Shorthorn cstablisluiu'iit of Ihc state. It is the 

 iiileiition to breed onlv Polled cattle on this 

 farm. Thirty females of breeding' a^c are now 

 in tlie herd amo]i<>' which are some ontstandinti' 

 ones. The yonn.u' stock is well i'ed, the ol)ject 

 bein^- to gx't as mucli size as })ossible withont in- 

 jui-ions forcing'. Alfalfa and ensilage with gi'ain 

 for the yonng stock and the excellent native 

 gi'ass ](astures of that section make the ])i'oduc- 

 tion of good cattle easy. ( lonsigninents liavct 

 been made to breedei's sales, iiududing that at 

 Omaha in 1919, and arrangements ai'c now being 

 made to pnt ont a show herd. 



The fonndation cows have been secni'cd from 

 the leading Polled herds of the connti-y and were 

 of the best lines of breeding t(t be olttained. De- 

 sirable bnlls, both in type and in breeding, have 

 been consistently used with the result that always 

 follows such coui'se of action. Tlie two bulls now 

 used ai'e IJaronel ilKiKiT and (Cumberland Sullan 

 79r)7f):'.. l>arone1 came from the Walker hei'd in 

 N^ebraska. lie is sti'ong in the blood (d' Ivoan 

 I lei-o, one of the noted bnlls of the breed. < 'uni- 

 bei-land Sultan is a two-year-old fi'om Aclien- 

 I'acli lli'os. < )n a choice ( 'I'uickshank foundation 



