54 A HISTORY OF SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 



In about 1877 W. S. Burkham of Douglas 

 county bought from Pickrell & Kissinger and 

 from the Bow Park herd in Canada a few cows of 

 very choice ancestry. But little record of his 

 work appears later and this splendid foundation 

 which might have been crossed with Cruickshank 

 bulls and made one of the outstanding herds of 

 the state seems to have been lost to the breed. 



In March 1877 J. E. Woodford of Burlington 

 bought of the estate of W. W. Tipton of Cof f ey 

 county the red roan heifer, Belle, then just one 

 month old. It is probable that he also secured 

 her dam, Belle of Bristle, vol. 10. At the time 

 of this purchase or very shortly thereafter, Mr. 

 Woodford bought several other females and he 

 retained Shorthorns for twenty years. At no 

 time, however, did the herd assume more than 

 local importance. It might be of interest to 

 know that the heifer calf mentioned above was 

 a descendant in the maternal line from the first 

 Shorthorns brought to Kansas by S. S. Tipton 

 in 1857. 



Reynolds & Pritchard, whose main establish- 

 ment was located near Madison in Greenwood 

 county, bred and handled Shorthorns extensively 

 from 1870 to 1886. In addition to the Greenwood 

 county ranch they also operated a large estab- 

 lishment near Augusta and one in Sedgwick 

 county. This firm should probably be classed 

 as dealers rather than as breeders. 



