80 ABERDEEN ANGUS IN AMERICA. 



breeding herd won high honors in 1883, 1884 and 1885; the 

 breeding herd was then retired from the show ring, and fat 

 steers were sent forward to uphold the honor of Turlington, 

 and right well they did it, for under the skillful feeding of 

 "Uncle Willie," who has often been termed the "King of 

 Feeders," the steers became fit antagonists for the battles of 

 the show ring, and in 1887 carried off more honors for Tur- 

 lington than had evor been won by one exhibitor. During 

 this while the breeding herd had been increased by careful 

 selection, and in 1800 Mr. John Harvey and "Uncle Willie" 

 went abroad for an importation. Among the animals they 

 brought back were the bulls Guinea and Jim-Jams, that have 

 left a numerous progeny of animals of the highest merit. 



During the eighties, and while the Turlington herd was 

 in its glory, other breeders were beginning on a modest scale; 

 and the free use of the best bulls as sires of feeders soon 

 brought results in carloads of prime steers which brought 

 the highest prices, and it is to the enterprise of Angus breed- 

 ers in energetically forcing the merits of their cattle on the 

 public that their present high rank is largely due. 



