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first use bulls strong in Scotch blood but later 

 he bought of T. P. Babst the excellent bull, Har- 

 mony's Knight, and followed with Scottish Min- 

 strel secured from Thomas, Jameison & Mitchell. 

 Mr. Ashcraft was a good advertiser and people 

 generally found out that he raised Shorthorn 

 cattle. Two of his sons, Ashcraft Bros., suc- 

 ceeded to the business. 



Another early Atchison county herd was that 

 of J. L. Miller of Arrington. Several of the 

 family are living in the neighborhood in which 

 this herd was kept and are breeding Shorthorns. 

 John Q. A. Miller, living on the old home farm, 

 has quite a herd. 



J. B. Stockstill of Barber county built up a 

 large herd from a small start made in the nine- 

 ties. The cattle produced were of good size and 

 of fairly good quality. Double Ury from Thos. H. 

 Mastin's herd, Joe's Lord by Lord Mayor and 

 Eed Oak by imp. Collynie, all good bulls of ex- 

 cellent ancestry, did most of the service. This 

 herd was sold to J. E. Thompson of Fredonia 

 about 1910 and after breeding from them for a 

 few years Mr. Thompson dispersed them at 

 public sale. 



Frank Rockefeller of Kiowa county, a near 

 relative of the oil king, was something of a cattle 

 king in his community. His operations at one 

 time extended to several counties and he bred 

 Shorthorns quite extensively. While his cattle 



