1062 A HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



to Beau Donald 3d, bringing Disturber. This was 

 the initial trial of the Columbus-Beau Donald cross. 

 This same line of breeding is now in practice in the 

 herd of Mr. Curtice of Kentucky. I sold Rose Blos- 

 som in 1902 for $500, to the Wabash Cattle Co. Her 

 record follows: 



"1890 April 21 bull Little Phil 41937 by Earl of Shadeland 41st 



33398. 



"1891 April 18 cow Hopeful 46919 by Earl Wilton 47th 46333. 

 "1892 Aug. 26 cow Vivien 51183 by Earl of Shadeland 33398. 



This heifer became the dam of Armel and Viola, sold to 



G. McWilliams in 1898 for $500. 

 "1895 Sept. 15 bull Dale 66481 by Columbus 51875. Sold to F. 



A. Nave, Nov. 5, 1897, for $1,100. Bought in Mr. Nave's 



dispersion for $7,500. Sold in 1901 to Wabash Cattle Co. 



for $8,000. 

 "1896 Sept. 18 bull Earl Wilton 69585 by Columbus 51875. Sold 



to A Wolcott, Concord, Mich., in 1896. No record of price, 



I think $200. 

 "1897 Oct. 4 cow Columbia 76779 by Columbus 51875. Sold to 



J. C. Adams, 1901, for $1,000. The dam of Disturber. 

 "1898 Aug. 16 cow Columbia 2d 86594 by Columbus 51875. Sold 



to J. C. Adams, 1901, for $1,325. 

 "1899 Aug. 21 cow Rosamond 100492 by Cherry Ben 56767. Sold 



to Wabash Cattle Co., 1902, for $300. 

 "1900 Dec. 25 bull Dara 117715 by imp. Freedom 76005. Sold 



to Wabash Cattle Co. for $135. 

 "1901 Nov. 13 cow Rose Blossom's Princess 135358 by Le Roy 



70778. Owned by S. H. Godman." 



Harking Back to the Range. As this chapter is 

 called a "Kound-Up" we feel warranted in intro- 

 ducing at this point certain facts concerning the 

 operations of another one of the ranking western 

 outfits of the days when the range cattle business 

 was getting squarely upon its feet. We refer to 

 the famous old-time firm of Lee & Eeynolds. 

 Their operations were not only extensive, but they 

 always advocated the use of well bred bulls. The 

 author had prepared the following statement as 

 to their work for inclusion in a preceding chapter, 

 but the copy was inadvertently mislaid until it was 

 too late to incorporate it, in this edition, in its 

 proper place. It is deemed of sufficient historical 



