338 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



and W. Marks, La Salle County; Charles Mer- 

 riam and S. W. Ball of Madison County; A. 

 Pyle, St. Clair County; George Severs and W. 

 W. Parrish, Kankakee County; Caleff & Jacoby, 

 Piatt County; H. C. Johns, Macon County; 

 Parks & Trundell, Mercer County; H. N. Cross, 

 Jersey County; M. W. Riggs, Scott County; 

 David Graft, Woodford County; and Messrs. 

 Green, Paul & Wurts of McLean County. 



Early Indiana breeders. Short-horns were 

 introduced into Indiana soon after the importa- 

 tions of the Ohio Co. in 1836, at several differ- 

 ent points. The late Dr. A. C. Stevenson of 

 Greencastle was the "Nestor" of Short-horn 

 breeding in the " Hoosier" State. We have al- 

 ready referred (on page 275) to his importation 

 from England, consisting of four heifers and 

 two bulls? made in 1853. He had been inter- 

 ested in Short-horn cattle for some years prior 

 to that date, having used the Euby bull Mon- 

 arch 717, that was bred in Kentucky in 1845. 

 By both example and precept Dr. Stevenson 

 never lost an opportunity to impress upon the 

 farmers of his State the advantages of good 

 blood, and he maintained his interest in the 

 trade until his death, at a very advanced age, 

 a few years since. 



The late Gen. Meredith, who bought his Oak- 

 land fafm adjoining Cambridge City, in Wayne 

 County, in 1851, was one of the most prominent 



