A HISTORY OF SHORTHOKXS IX KANSAS 597 



(■on ling from Tel)o Lawn lie descends tlirougli an 

 elegant line of Ir.ills. His sire and grandsire, 

 Imperial Sultan and Intense Sultan, Ixitli bred 

 by J. 11. Miller, were among the best bulls of tlie 

 breed. 



SUMNER COUNTY 



E. L. Stunkel, Peck.— Ever since E. L. Stim- 

 kel was a small boy liis life lias been associated 

 with Shorthorns. Those who have read the 

 sketch of his father and especially those who 

 knew Henry Stunkel will understand that a boy 

 I'aised with an (ild cattleman such as he was 

 would take up the business and follow it success- 

 fully. Ed Stunkel is breeding Sh<.)rth(.)rns be- 

 cause he would feel lost without them. At the 

 time tlie l:)ig Stunkel lierd was dispersed lie 

 owned a number of cows and, taking advan- 

 tage of his intimate knowledge of the animals in 

 the sale and the rather low j^rices which pre- 

 vailed, he bought some of the most desirable fe- 

 males sold. These were all daughters or grand- 

 daughters of Victor (_)]'ange, a bull that, had he 

 been given a chance, would have proved one of 

 the best sires in the entire Southwest. 



A number of the c(:>ws were 1:)\' Star (roods out 

 of A^ictor Orange dams. Star (j(M_ids was own 

 br(!ther to Bellows Bros. ' show and breeding bull, 

 Diamond Goods. The Stunkel herd as now cm)ii- 

 stituted descends mainly fi'om cows purchased 



