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an equally valuable lot of cows bred on the 

 farm. 



Collynie really began his life's work in the 

 Tebo Lawn herd, Mr. Hanna having leased him 

 to Col. Casey for $1000 for twelve months use. 

 After his return to Palo Duro, he was used to 

 the limit, siring a class of cattle that as feeders 

 had few equals. A little plainness, especially in 

 the hind quarters was frequently observed, but 

 the Collynie cows were great breeders and suck- 

 lers and the bulls, as a whole, were great sires. 

 The improvement made through the Collynie 

 blood and the good cows in the herd, extended 

 from the Missouri river to the Gulf. The 

 occasional adverse criticism on account of the 

 plainness mentioned could not disprove the fact 

 that these cattle made more pounds of high 

 priced beef from the coarse feeds of tfre farm 

 than almost any other Shorthorns in the terri- 

 tory. 



Besides Collynie, there was used the excellent 

 young bull Inglewood, a son of imp. Emma 33d. 

 He was the sire of Inglemaid, the dam of Mr. 

 HilPs Ingle Lad. When Mr. Hanna was at Mr. 

 Duthie's he was greatly impressed with Cowslip 

 26th, a cow of mixed English breeding. She had 

 been the leading show cow in Great Britain and 

 Mr. Duthie had bought her with a view of getting 

 a bull to use on his Cruickshank cattle. He 

 promised Mr. Hanna a bull from her as soon as 



