96 A HISTORY OF SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 



time that I remember having lain awake nearly 

 all of one night wondering how I could manage to 

 get more than one cent a pound for an elegant 

 1000 pound grass fat heifer. It was a time that 

 tried cattle men's nerve if not their souls. Short- 

 horn breeders shared in the general stress and the 

 $300 paid by Mr. Babst for what would now be a 

 $15000 bull may have made him feel guilty of 

 reckless extravagance. 



Lord Mayor was a success and he made the 

 Babst herd as a really good bull will always 

 make a herd if given a chance. For years the 

 Lord Mayor cows were among the best individ- 

 uals and the best breeders of all cows in the West. 

 One of them, Emily by name, was held in the 

 highest estimation at the Kansas State Agricul- 

 tural College for the prize winning steers she 

 produced. 



After Lord Mayor had demonstrated his value, 

 females worthy of a place in any herd were added 

 and many of the best cattle in the state are 

 descended from stock bred at Valley Grove, for 

 that was the name of the farm and the herd. One 

 of the notable purchases of cows was that of 

 three full sisters, Forest Daisy, Forest Daisy 

 2d and Forest Daisy 3d, all bred by B. O. Cow r aii 

 and sired by his excellent bull Norfolk, out of a 

 granddaughter of imp. Severn Daisy. Two of 

 these cows were later sold to T. K. Tomson & 

 Sons and Forest Daisy 2d bred to Barmpton 



