{')iy2 A HISTORY OF SHORTlIf)KXS IN KANSAS 



and (pialii'iratioH fur luindliii^- the ordinary i'ann 

 i'eed and turninjj,' it intu salable coiiniiodity at the 

 maxinnuu of profit. 



This system has Ijeen applied to animals for 

 retention in the lierd and the Meuser Shorthorns 

 hold their plaee on the farm only while they 

 l>a}^ Xo imrse eows are needed here because 

 f<ireiny is not i)racticed but more esijecially be- 

 (■ause a poor nnlking cow is worth more for Ijeef 

 than fo)' a breeder. Mature cows are of good 

 size, 1200 to 1400 pounds being demanded of 

 them in l)reeding condition. As a result of avoid- 

 ing either extreme in feeding Mr. Wm. Meuser 

 states they have had no complaints from any of 

 their numerous l)ull customers in all these years. 

 There is an ol)ject lesson here for farmers who 

 care to use ordinary business sense in substitut- 

 ing pure bi'eds for grades or scrubs. 



The bulls, as in all other herds, have furnished 

 the clue to the success of the owners. Pride of 

 Oi'ange and LoA'el Goods both came from Henry 

 iStunkel. The fii'st was l)y Star G(j(.)ds and sus- 

 tained the reputation of his sire. The second 

 was b\' Star Goods out of a dam by the excellent 

 sou of St. Valentine, Lord Lovel. Two rather 

 extra good l)ulls are being used. Sycamore 

 <nniiik is a. big son of Mistletoe Archer, (uie of 

 1lic sons of Sweet Mistletoe, the dam of the lf)19 

 gi'and cliampion. IJis daiii is Snow Secret 2d, a 

 cow that is also the dam of Miss Stanley's Secret 



