PREFACE 



This series of sketches of beef cattle 

 was originally published in THE CHICAGO 

 DAILY DROVERS JOURNAL, under the 

 title of "Little Sketches of Famous Cat- 

 tle." They were written at the request 

 of the publisher of that excellent journal, 

 and were intended mainly for students 

 in animal husbandry, such as are found 

 in our agricultural colleges, and for such 

 readers as were interested in breed his- 

 tory. As the title implies, these sketches 

 were not intended to be extended studies 

 of individuals and their varying relations 

 to the breeds, but were, rather, life 

 sketches giving the more important rea- 

 sons why the animals discussed became 

 famous. Each animal may be regarded 

 as a really famous one, with important 

 historical breed connections. There are 

 hundreds of other famous animals dis- 

 tributed through a century of Shorthorn, 

 Hereford, Aberdeen-Angus and Galloway 

 history. Some of these are clearly enti- 

 tled to a place in the history of beef 

 cattle immortals. Nevertheless, the 

 twenty-five sketches following in this 

 volume are of animals that have played 

 most important parts and are clearly en- 

 titled to the prominence here given them. 



In sketches of a number of animals 

 like these, with so many associations 

 connected with their various careers, it 

 is but natural that errors should "occur 

 to some extent. The author, however, 

 has made every reasonable effort to be 

 careful in statement, and it is believed 

 that these sketches can be regarded as 

 fairly free from error and prejudice of 

 expression. 



C. S. PLUMB, 



Ohio State University. 



College of Agriculture. 

 April, 1904. 



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