TWO NOTABLE EVENTS 



The largest importation of Shorthorn cattle 

 ever brought west of the Mississippi was made in 

 1920 by J. C. Robison of Towanda. For years 

 Mr. Robison had been breeding Percherons, first 

 with his father and later on his own account, and 

 as something of a side line had raised a good 

 many Shorthorns. 



Mr. Robison left home July 18, 1919, landing 

 in Southhampton August 2. It had been planned 

 to visit the herds of Great Britain in general but 

 on the day he landed he learned that foot and 

 mouth disease had broken out in England and 

 that trade in cattle would have to be limited to 

 the herds of Scotland. While spending almost 

 three months with Scotch breeders he secured 

 thirty-five females and ten bulls. After many 

 complications the cattle were shipped January 

 19, and after a very rough voyage of twenty-six 

 days, nearly twice the usual time required on the 

 trip, they landed at Baltimore with no loss ex- 

 cept that of two small calves. The cattle came 

 from Perthshire and Aberdeenshire and in- 

 cluded representatives from such noted herds 

 as that of Robert Bruce, James Rennie, 

 James Durno, Sylvester Campbell, Alex 

 Sutherland, and the most noted herd of 



