354 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



from Northern Illinois herds and by purchase 

 in Ohio. One of his first investments was the 

 Rose of Sharon cow Camilla and her heifer calf, 

 bought of Edward Bebb of Winnebago Co., 111. 

 These were of Harness Renick's (Ohio) sort. In 

 the fourth volume of the herd book entries were 

 made by Messrs. E. E. Elkins of Kenosha, A. G. 

 Knight of Racine and C. F. Hammond of Fond 

 du Lac County, all of whom owned Short-horns 

 prior to 1859. During the war little was done 

 in the way of extending the trade in this State, 

 but Wisconsin took a prominent part in the 

 great revival of interest in the breed that oc- 

 curred immediately after the conclusion of 

 peace. 



Activity in the show-yard. While it thus 

 appears that the foundations of Short-horn 

 breeding had been laid throughout the cen- 

 tral corn belt of the Middle West prior to the 

 Civil War, it was not until about 1865 that 

 the business received impetus sufficient to en- 

 list general attention. Quick to realize the ad- 

 vantage of public exhibitions as a means of 

 bringing the breed to the notice of the farming 

 community, enterprising men began, about the 

 date mentioned, to seek for the best obtainable 

 specimens for show-yard purposes. Conspicu- 

 ous among those who came to the front in this 

 line of work were the breeders of the State of 

 Illinois. They had already taken the lead so 



