262 A HISTORY OF SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 



one of the best cows in the Carpenter & Ross 

 herd, was available and for $3000 he was placed 

 at the head of the Salter herd of Shorthorns. 

 Better cows were added, some of the first good 

 ones having been secured at the dispersion of the 

 Hasebrook herd in Wilson county. 



Mr. Salter now had some cows of real excel- 

 lence and an outstanding bull. Most men would 

 have been satisfied with this start and would 

 have settled down to a quite, easy life. It was at 

 this time that I first met Mr. Salter and he told 

 me within fifteen minutes that he was going to 

 have cows as good as any one had and as good a 

 bull to help Rosewood Dale as he could find. The 

 purchase of some excellent cows in Canada along 

 with the bull, imp. Newton Friar, followed. Im- 

 ported Bapton Corporal, the top bull of the Car- 

 penter & Ross importation and more high-class 

 cows were added. Imported British Emblem 

 came a little later and all the while Mr. Salter 

 kept his eyes open for cows. This process has 

 been going on and the indications are that it will 

 continue indefinitely. 



The buying and selling of the cheaper class of 

 Shorthorns, in which line Mr. Salter did a large 

 business, have been mostly discontinued and it 

 is now the main object to produce as good a herd 

 as possible and to have it unobjectionable in 

 every way to the critical buyer. The material on 

 hand for the production of such a herd is of the 



