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but HARRIS did not approve of it. Moveover, he 

 did not hesitate to say so, even in the very hotbed 

 of that propaganda. Upon "ARCHIE" HAMILTON'S 

 library table there chanced to lie a copy of a 

 pamphlet entitled "Catalogue of Shorthorn Cattle, 

 the property of the Messrs. GRUICKSHANK, Sittyton, 

 Aberdeenshire, Scotland." During some lull in the 

 conversation Gol. HARRIS arose and walked about 

 the room. He chanced to pass the table, and with 

 a slight show of interest noticed this foreign-looking 

 catalogue, and picked it up. Turning to me he 

 asked: "Have you ever seen any of these Aber- 

 deenshire cattle?" I knew instantly what was pass- 

 ing in his mind. He had not yet found a bull in 

 the herds we had examined that met his ideas of 

 what was needed to enable the Shorthorn to com- 

 pete with the Hereford on Kansas grass and corn. 

 He had admired many of the cows and heifers we 

 had seen. The heifers by the 20th Duke of Air- 

 drie in particular I remember attracted us by their 

 uniformity and finish, but as yet no bull had been 

 found that was short enough on the leg, deep 

 enough through the chest, low enough in twist and 

 flank, and we had almost finished our tour. 



Bound to these genial Kentuckians by ties of 

 blood, kindred spirit with them in all that is meant 



