A HISTORY OF SH( )H'I' HORNS IX KANSAS 60o 



Kol.iu. This hull i.s full of the hlood of the he.st 

 ol the hi-eed and il is iio sur})rise to find he is a 

 succrssful sii'c. liaiidct comes from Tomsou 

 ])i-os. Jie is a well finished son of Maxwalton 

 K(Ksed:ih' out of a (him l)y Uallant Knight's Heir, 

 second dam h.\- JJai'mpton Kniglit, l)reeding to 

 satisfy aiiy one. 



The iiiAy atleiiipl ma(h' at showing w^as at the 

 l!il8 and lf)i;) Kansas National at Wichita when 

 the Mei-ser entiies demonstrated their worth ]'>y 

 winning thii'teen rihhons, the l)n]l Handet, then a 

 senior yearling, wimnng thii'd place in ojien 

 class and tiie Kansas-Oklahoma Special. The 

 iea! siiccess whicji the Meiisers have attained is 

 Avithin reach, of any progressive fanner. 



H. O. Peck & Son, Wellington. — Ten years ago 

 JJ. O. J^'ck iS: Hon honght sevei'al cows at the J. 

 F. Stinlder dispersion and a few more of local 

 hi-e<'dei's. The selections were wisely made and 

 fi'om tlx'se cows they have bnilt up a useful herd. 

 The cows range from medium to large and 

 ai'c, generail.v speaking, (d' good quality, of nice 

 straight lines, with fine heads and necks. They 

 are tl'.e type of c-(r\\-H that prove g(jod l;)reeders and 

 sucklers and can he depended upon to sliow a 

 profit. The cows bought were of desii'ahle an- 

 cestry and hlood lines. In some cases they were 

 exceptional and the use id' the light kind of bulls 

 has made tlie h.erd what it is. 



It was at Mr. Peck's that [ saw one of the 



