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cal utility in our western cattle, due to excessively 

 incestuous and illy-considered close breeding, was 

 JAMES H. KISSINGER of Glarksville, Mo.; and, by the 

 way, where is his portrait? As yet, echo only 

 answers, "where!" He had once been in partner- 

 ship with the late J. H. PICKRELL of Harristown, 111. 

 whose picture we are glad to say is in the Glub 

 collection and together these two broad -gauged, 

 old-time cattlemen had brought into Illinois, Iowa 

 and Missouri some of the best Shorthorns yet pro- 

 duced. KISSINGER had already been in close touch 

 with "Uncle JIMMY" DAVIDSON, and was buying Aber- 

 deenshire cattle from him. Shortly after my return 

 from Lexington with a virtual commission from Col. 

 HARRIS, I was advised that KISSINGER proposed 

 offering a few recently imported GRUICKSHANK cattle 

 which he had just brought in from DAVIDSON'S. 

 This information I promptly put in possession of 

 the laird of Linwood. The sale date was announced, 

 and HARRIS was early on the ground. He was out- 

 spoken in his praise of these blocky, sturdy-looking 

 imported cattle, declaring them to be in his opinion 

 exactly what was needed to correct the growing 

 tendency toward lightness of flesh, and loss of feed- 

 ing quality, in cornbelt cattle stocks. He was 

 already looked up to by many of the most practical 



