104 A HISTORY OF SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 



or at least as nearly without Bates blood as pos- 

 sible. He had a large herd southeast of Council 

 Grove near Dunlap and he sold cattle at fair 

 prices all over his section of Kansas. Taken as 

 a whole his cattle were good ones and I find 

 frequent instances of good herds descended from 

 Norton bred cows. Mr. Norton was an effective 

 advertiser and was one of the first to recognize 

 the value of the magic term " imported. " Follow- 

 ing his custom of buying bulls in Canada, Mr. 

 Norton bought British Lion. He went out to the 

 world as imp. British Lion. Technically this 

 title may have been correct yet its use violated 

 the Shorthorn custom. The Norton herd weath- 

 ered the worst of the hard times but ceased to 

 exist a number of years ago. 



J. B. McAfee, Shawnee County. Although 

 quite a preacher and considerable of a politician, 

 Mr. McAfee was also a good breeder of Short- 

 horns. He did not give his herd the publicity 

 some breeders gave their cattle, yet it is con- 

 ceded that he produced a class of big, smooth, 

 beefy Shorthorns. Some of the best things in 

 T. P. Babst's herd were bred from McAfee cows 

 and one of the cows so bred went to the Kansas 

 State Agricultural College where she produced 

 several outstanding show steers. H. W. McAfee, 

 a son, bred Shorthorns on the farm a number of 

 years after his father retired from the business. 

 The location of the farm made a change in busi- 



