A HISTORY OF SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 21 



by Mr. Tipton. The oldest of the three cows of 

 Mr. Tipton 's breeding 1 is recorded as Bertha 

 Belle, vol. 6, p. 197. She was a white, calved 

 March 1859, and according to the herd book was 

 the first Shorthorn bred in Kansas. 



The herd proved prolific and the records show 

 that Mr. Tipton sold many bulls and females in 

 Anderson and adjoining counties. The first re- 

 corded bull sold was a roan, calved June 10, 1862, 

 that went to Morgan Russell & Co. of Lawrence. 

 His name and number were Opothoholo 5044%. 



Mr. Tipton continued his operations with suc- 

 cess for more than thirty years. In all this time 

 he made no effort to follow the lead of fashion 

 but kept on breeding the families he had orig- 

 inally brought to the state. He did, however, 

 buy some good bulls. Among them was Procur- 

 ator 30710, a son of Starlight out of a dam by 

 General Grant. Mr. Tipton 's cattle furnished 

 the foundation for numerous herds in his local- 

 ity, though it is doubtful whether many could be 

 found at this time that are descended from the 

 first Shorthorn herd in Kansas. 



Interesting facts concerning Mr. Tipton were 

 furnished by his son-in-law, S. S. Patton, now 

 ninety-four years old and his grandson, Charles 

 Patton who was born on the farm in 1858 and as 

 a boy herded his grandfather's cattle. 



Mr. Tipton left Stillwater, Ohio in 1855, going 

 to Pairf ield, Iowa where he lived two years, com- 



