164 A HISTORY OF SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 



the top crosses of bulls. Barring this uncertain- 

 ty, in most cases all Shorthorns that trace to an 

 imported cow whose name is one of the first 

 eight mentioned in the present association form, 

 may generally be accepted as passing for Scotch, 

 but this rule is not absolute. To determine the 

 accepted classification a positive knowledge of 

 the imported cow and the bulls above her or a 

 resort to the herd books for investigation is nec- 

 essary. 



Straight Scotch. Often I am asked whether 

 an animal is straight Scotch or as some say 

 "pure Scotch." I do not believe those who ask 

 this question mean what they say. What they 

 really mean is this, "Is the pedigree one that will 

 be generally accepted as Scotch?" The answer 

 to this question is found in the preceding. 

 As a matter of fact, taking the accepted 

 Scotch blood introduced from the Cruickshank 

 herd and other good herds and which is the basis 

 for our present Scotch cattle, practically all have 

 been outcrossed to their great advantage. 



Col. Harris did this with his herd, the greatest 

 Scotch herd in America. Mr. Duthie, Scotland's 

 greatest breeder, used outcrosses. So did Dean 

 Willis in England with the original herd coming 

 from Mr. Cruickshank 's. An example of t!;.e 

 work of Col. Harris with his Scotch cattle is 

 found in his Golden Drops, all of which came 

 from Norton's Golden Drop, a cow by the Bates 



