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of Sharon 43647 bred by A. Renick was used in 

 1881 and on May 12, 1882 Paymaster 46722 bred 

 by J. W. Burgess was purchased from Durham 

 Park. In 1884 he was succeeded by Grand 

 Gwynne 56310 bred by Wm. Warfield from 

 whom he was purchased. 



Professor Shelton early saw the advantage and 

 value of Scotch Shorthorns and purchased the 

 Cruickshank bred Thistle Top 83876 from Jas. 

 Davidson of Canada in 1886. This bull cost the 

 college $600. The same year June 8, Professor 

 Shelton consigned eight heifers and seven year- 

 ling bulls to the Bill & Burnham sale. The col- 

 lege bred cattle outsold the other cattle by a nice 

 margin. In 1888 Scottish Chief 89317 by imp. 

 Julius 56643, bred by I. Barr & Son, was added to 

 the herd. 



In 1890 C. C. Georgeson succeeded Prof- 

 fessor Shelton as Professor of Agriculture. 

 Professor Georgeson was keenly interested in 

 live stock and through his untiring efforts a great 

 deal was done toward solving many perplexing 

 problems confronting the live stock producers of 

 Kansas. In looking back over the work done by 

 Professor Georgeson and taking into consider- 

 ation the trying conditions under which he 

 worked, one can not help but realize that when 

 Professor Georgeson left the college, Kansas 

 lost one of the biggest and best men that was ever 

 connected with this institution. 



