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1,820 pounds at two years old. Mr. Bureligh bred 

 the steer Fisherman, that was successfully shown at 

 Kansas City, Chicago and the New Orleans exposi- 

 tions. He also exhibited the good bullocks Tidy Boy 

 and Rosy Duke, seen at the Fat Stock Show of 1884 

 and taken back east to form a part of a great col- 

 lection of steers shown there in 1885. Upon the 

 death of Gov. Bodwell in 1887 Mr. Burleigh pur- 

 chased his interest in the partnership herd. He died 

 in 1895 and was succeeded in the ownership of the 

 cattle by his son Thomas G. Burleigh, who still car- 

 ries the herd upon the old farm. 



Gudgell & Simpson. We come now to perhaps 

 the most important story of all a story that really 

 begins with the departure of " Governor" Simpson 

 of Missouri for Herefordshire in 1881 and which is 

 yet to be concluded. The end is not in sight at 

 this writing. 



The foundation of the Gudgell & Simpson herd 

 at Independence, Mo., was laid in 1877. It was then 

 that Charles Gudgell purchased for himself and his 

 brother James R. Gudgell three cows, four two- 

 year-old heifers, and one bull from the herd of F. 

 W. Stone, Guelph, Ontario. These ahimals were a 

 choice selection and were representative of the best 

 strains from the herds of Lord Bateman, Lord 

 Berwick, and Mr. Williams. This constituted the 

 first herd of the breed located in the state of Mis- 

 souri and the second west of the Missouri River. 

 A second purchase was made from the same source 

 the following year. In this lot were a yearling 



