522 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



Pickrell & Kissinger. In the early spring 

 of 1877 Messrs. J. H, Pickrell and J. H. Kissin- 

 ger pooled their valuable Short-horn holdings, 

 one half, headed by imp. Flower Lad 23170 

 (Torr-Booth) and Baron Siddington (Bates), 

 being maintained at Clarksville, Mo., and the 

 other portion, with the imp. Lord Lamech 

 (34578), at Harristown, 111. We have already 

 detailed at some length Mr. Pickrell's promi- 

 nent identification with Western Short-horn 

 interests, and have made some allusion to Mr. 

 Kissinger's successful operations. Some fur- 

 ther facts in reference to the latter's connec- 

 tion with the trade will be of interest. 



Mr. Kissinger was born in Pike Co., Mo., in 

 1840 from Kentucky parentage. Reared on a 

 farm and possessed of great natural love for 

 agricultural pursuits, he developed a deep in- 

 terest in Short-horns and in 1867 made his first 

 appearance in Western show-yards. At the 

 Illinois State Fair of that year he exhibited a 

 grade Short-horn steer four years old weighing 

 2,400 Ibs., to which a first prize was awarded. 

 The bullock was afterward sold to J. H. Spears 

 for $300. It was here that Mr. Kissinger made 

 his first purchases, buying the cows Dove 3d 

 (A. H. B., Vol. VIII, p. 316) and Beauty (Vol. 

 VIII, p. 257); the latter proving a grand show 

 animal, beaten at St. Louis in 1871 only by Col. 

 King's renowned imp. Rosedale. Kissingers 



