A IIIS'I'OKY ^)b' SIIOKTIIOKNS IX KANSAS 'ilU 



Aiiif)iiu' file r:;\vs are (lau^t^-liters of Meadow 

 Siilta!!, a sire of national rejjutatioii, whose sons 

 and daughters havv ).)eeii u()(_)d winners at the big 

 sliows. lu tlicse [tastnres are also found thick 

 fleshed diaugiriers of Trno Snltan, grand eliam- 

 pion of tile breed, and in one instance, reserve 

 grand ('liaui|)ion with all ):)reeds eompeting. 



Sele.-t (hjods x871!)-:{5:UJ9:!, the 2200 pound 

 senior Jierd liull, is an International ehampion 

 and his get have Iteen pronhnent winners at the 

 state faii's and at the International. Tliese great 

 bulls (»f strong orotoh l)lood were all l)red by J. 

 T-r. Millei-. T!;e junior heixl Indl, Sultan's Mar- 

 vel, is ))y Ti'ue Sultan. His dam is by Matchless 

 Dale, the greatest sire (jf prize wimiing steers of 

 any bull of any lu'c^ed. Sultan's Marvel has two 

 tlirect <-rosses to Whitehall Sultan, one of them 

 through Avondale. 



The o])j(M.'ti\'e is tlie produ<'tion of a superior 

 herd od' l_)reed\', useful eattle. The beefing qual- 

 ity is eiijidiasized, but scale and milk producing 

 abilit;r are insisted upon. The cattle always 

 carry })leut}' of flesh, though no hea"^y grain 

 I'ation is allowed the 1 (reeding herd. Here is to 

 l)e found true Shortliorn (diaracter in all respects 

 exce|)t tlie h<.'i'ns. 



M. Z. Dustoii, Washiiigton. — Mr. Duston has a 

 ni<-e lierd of covs ^if fair size, unifoian in appear- 

 a]"'ce and of real Shorthorn cliaracter and type. 

 The\' arv raising good calves, which indicates 



