A HISTORY OF SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 69 



closely associated with the work done at Linwood 

 and Mr. Sanders also states that in this respect 

 breeders of Great Britain are being shown more 

 consideration than is shown in America. 



It was to the credit of the people of Kansas 

 that the political wheel of fortune caught the 

 proprietor of the magnificent Linwood herd 

 and made him first congressman-at-large, then 

 United States senator. Old breeders will not 

 admit that Shorthorn interests were served in 

 these honors bestowed on Col. Harris. It was im- 

 possible to maintain a goodly degree of success 

 with a herd already up to such a point of ex- 

 cellence, in the absence 'of the owner, especially 

 under the unfavorable conditions prevailing at 

 that time. Col. Harris had no choice but to offer 

 his herd at public sale. Accordingly a dispersion 

 sale was held May 6, 1896, when sixty-three head 

 sold at an average of $205. After serving six 

 years in the senate, Col. Harris entered the em- 

 ploy of the American Shorthorn Breeders Asso- 

 ciation in which position he served Shorthorn 

 interests until the time of his death. Breeders 

 of Kansas and of the whole nation have honored 

 the memory of Col. Harris by placing a statue 

 on the grounds of the Kansas State Agricultural 

 College at Manhattan. 



Kansas State Agricultural College. The his- 

 tory of the Shorthorn cattle at the Kansas State 

 Agricultural College begins with the year 1873 



