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a still earlier date. At Cleveland Tom Clark was 

 encountered, and James got work on a farm near 

 Pittsfield. In 1871 the brothers moved to Beecher, 

 111. At that time Mr. Miller had no Herefords. In 

 1873 William brought out Dolly Varden and her 

 calf, Success, not then weaned. James Powell is the 

 man who fed and developed that famous show bull. 

 He also fed Sir Charles and Sir Eichard 2d. A lit- 

 tle later "Jim," as he was familiarly called, went 

 to C. M. Culbertson, working first with Harry Love- 

 land, who shortly afterwards went to Earl & Stuart. 

 Powell was with Culbertson four years and handled 

 Anxiety and Sir Garnet. While in this employ he 

 made several trips back to England with George 

 Morgan, after cattle for Mr. Culbertson, Benjamin 

 Hershey and the Wyoming Hereford Association. 

 He was with the latter corporation for four years. 



"Uncle Willie " Watson, a canny Scot, came to 

 America with all the prestige of the name of Wat- 

 son of Keillor and apprenticeships under some of 

 the historic herdsmen of Great Britain to his credit. 

 He was with Mr. Miller for a time, and put flesh on 

 the ribs of more than one "white face" that tor- 

 mented competitors at fairs and fat stock shows. 

 He went over, however, to his natural position 

 among the Angus breeders, and at a later day made 

 the farm of "Turlington", in Nebraska, famous 

 throughout cattledom. 



Ed Monnington, another Englishman who came 

 with the Earl & Stuart importation of 1881, worked 

 for Mr. Clark for about four years, and was after- 



