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breeding bulls in the state, until his death from 

 forage poisoning in 1919. Mrs. E. A. Myer, a 

 daughter of T. J. Dawe, is living on the old farm 

 near Troy and with her husband is engaged in 

 breeding Shorthorns. 



W. J. Snodgrass was an old time Butler county 

 breeder of fairly good cattle who happened to 

 buy a bull that made his reputation in south 

 central Kansas. This bull was Scott Jr. by imp. 

 Scottish Emperor. He was bred by H. M. Hill 

 and shown at the Wichita fair where, after hav- 

 ing won first prize, he was sold to Mr. Snodgrass. 

 He was liberally used in the Snodgrass herd 

 where he sired an exceptionally good class of 

 calves. In the show ring he seldom, is ever, met 

 defeat and he was exhibited against the entries of 

 such showmen as J. P. Stodder. Several of Mr. 

 Snodgrass' sons took up Shorthorn breeding but 

 they are now all out of the business. Well ad- 

 vanced in years and looking back on an unusually 

 active life, Mr. Snodgrass is living quietly in 

 Wichita. 



L. B. Hull is another Butler county breeder 

 who for ten years was well known in local Short- 

 horn circles. He made no effort to produce any- 

 thing better than a medium class of cattle. 



H. C. Stephenson of Chase county bred Short- 

 horns for fifteen years, producing a nice, 

 smooth, attractive lot of cattle of excellent feed- 

 ers' type which furnished the foundation for 



