A HISTORY OP SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 105 



ness advantageous and a dairy herd is now sup- 

 plying milk from the old establishment. There 

 is still a Shorthorn breeder, and a good one, in 

 the family, Harry T. Forbes, a grandson. 



C. W. Taylor, Dickinson County. John Tay- 

 lor, father of C. W. Taylor, was a Cincinnati 

 merchant. He traveled horseback over Kansas 

 in 1872 and bought a large tract of land in Dick- 

 inson county. He made up his mind that any 

 dry land on which prairie grass would grow as 

 high as his head when he was seated on a horse 

 would grow anything and he let that be the test. 



Mr. Taylor gave each of his children a section 

 of the land with the injunction to hustle for a 

 living. Besides the land C. W. Taylor received 

 eight Shorthorn cows purchased from the Lin- 

 wood herd and the bull Vandal used by Col. 

 Harris. From this start the Taylor herd grew 

 until it became one of the largest in Kansas, 

 frequently numbering 300 head and its own- 

 er became comparatively wealthy. The herd 

 received good farm care, no effort being 

 made to produce the outstanding. Good bulls 

 were bought and a heavy western and local 

 trade followed. 



D. L. Dawdy & Co., Atchison County. A firm 

 consisting of D. L. Dawdy, J. W. Dawdy, and 

 Walter Lattimer, all of Abbingdon, Illinois, 

 bought the Shannon Hill Farm and Shorthorns 

 of Governor Glick, November 1, 1891. D. L. 



