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from John P. Henderson of Morgan Co., 111. It 

 was from this corporation that "Uncle John" 

 G. Myers of Washington County bought his 

 first Short-horns in the early "sixties"; haul- 

 ing them across country in wagons. 



Such were the beginnings of the Short-horn 

 trade in the great cattle-growing State, which 

 perhaps now numbers within its borders more 

 herds than any other State in the Union. 



Early Wisconsin herds. We have referred 

 on page 276 to an importation made into Wis- 

 consin direct from England by John P. Roe of 

 Waukesha County in 1854. Mr. Roe bred from 

 imp. Raspberry and other females for some 

 years, his herd being a source of supply for the 

 farmers of that part of the State. So far as we 

 can ascertain, however, a start in Short-horn 

 breeding had been made shortly before this 

 importation; the earliest owners of registered 

 stock in the State being Messrs. C. H. Williams 

 of Baraboo and Lambert H. Kissam of Berlin, 

 M^rquette County. Mr. Kissam 's operations do 

 not appear to have been very extensive, but the 

 Williams herd was maintained for many years 

 and became prominent, G. W. Bicknell of Rock 

 County appears in the herd book as an owner 

 of registered Short-horns prior to 1860, as does 

 also the late Richard Richards of Racine. Mr. 

 Richards was & devoted admirer of improved 

 farm stock, and secured his first Short-horns 



