100 A HISTORY OF SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 



the buying public, a yearling heifer having sold 

 at the Eoyal sale for $400 in 1901. The herd was 

 dispersed in 1903, leading breeders in Kansas 

 and Missouri having been among the purchasers. 

 The famous Scotch Josephines shown by C. S. 

 Nevius were out of Kellerman bred cows. Des- 

 cendants of cows bred by D. K. Kellerman & Son 

 may be found in numerous herds in Kansas, Mis- 

 souri and Oklahoma. 



C. F. Wolf & Son, Franklin County. This 

 firm was very prominent in Shorthorn circles 

 from 1895 to 1910. The first Shorthorn cow was 

 bought in 1885 and a year later twenty-eight head 

 were added to the herd. In 1894 the Wolfs de- 

 cided to devote their entire attention to Short- 

 horns. They secured a car load of Ohio bred cows 

 from D. K. Kellerman & Son of Linn county and 

 a little later they bought several Scotch cows in- 

 cluding imp. Constance and imp. Pavonia, the 

 latter proving a very valuable producer. 



The real effort for production dates from 1894 

 after which time only good bulls were used. Glen- 

 don, later sold to H. C. Duncan; Scotland's 

 Charm by imp. Lavender Lad ; imp. Prince Love- 

 ly, personally selected from Mr. DutmVs herd by 

 the junior member in 1900 ; Tillycairn by imp. 

 Collynie; Eoyal Wanderer, a son of imp. Pav- 

 onia and Blythe Conqueror by imp. Conqueror 

 were the principal bulls in service. Unfortunate- 

 ly Prince Lovely did not live long but the few 



