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cattle of such breeders as James R. Anderson, 

 Ezra and Walter T. Carpenter, R. G. Corwin; 

 John G., Walter A. and Robert G. Dun; James 

 Fullington, John Hadley, H. H. Hankins; Chas., 

 David and William Harrold; R. Jackson, Wil- 

 liam Neff, Jacob Pierce; Felix W., George and 

 Harness Renick; M. L. Sullivant, the Shakers 

 of Union Village, Allen Trimble and Alexander 

 Waddle. From the farther West ped igrees were 

 received indicating that the Short - horns 

 were gradually working their way toward the 

 Mississippi River from such men as Hon. John 

 Wentworth of Chicago; Capt. James N. Brown 

 and James D. Smith of Sangamon Co., 111.; 

 George Barnett of Will Co., 111., and Gen. Sol 

 Meredith of Cambridge City, Ind. The East 

 contributed largely from such herds as those of 

 Samuel Thorne, S. T. Ta-ber, S. P. Chapman, 

 Messrs. Cowles and Haines of Connecticut, Wil- 

 liam Kelly of New York, Paoli Lathrop of Mas- 

 sachusetts, John R. Page of New York, J. A. 

 Poole of New Jersey, T. P. Remington of Penn- 

 sylvania, and J. T. Sheafe, J. M. Sherwood, Lor- 

 illard Spencer, Ambrose Stevens and others of 

 New York. 



The records set forth in these initial volumes 

 were not in all cases complete. Errors and 

 even forgeries crept in, but the foundation was 

 laid. Quickly recognizing the necessity of such 

 public registration, breeders generally co-oper- 



