398 A HISTORY OF SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 



out of a Merry Hampton dam. Her dam is by 

 Peculated Wild Eyes and her second dam is the 

 grandam of Barmpton Knight. Kelly Bros, 

 are represented in the herd by a good two-year- 

 old by Scotch Monarch, a grandson of imp. Lord 

 Banff, while Dr. Harkey 's herd furnished Duch- 

 ess of Oxford 2d, by Baron Cumberland. The 

 dam of this heifer was Mr. Eraser's Duchess of 

 Independence. She unites through her maternal 

 ancestry the highest priced family of Shorthorns 

 the world has ever produced with bulls of modern 

 Scotch breeding and type and no one who has ob- 

 served closely would deny the profitable re- 

 sults of such crossing. 



The herd bull, a big, thick fellow, is Warwick 

 452253, bred by Babst Bros. His sire is the Tom- 

 son bred Donald 359930. His dam is by Ingle- 

 side For Me, an elegant white used by T. P. 

 Babst and sired by Eosewood, a son of imp. In- 

 glewood and imp. Roseleaf by Scottish Archer, 

 the best of Mr. Duthie's many great bulls. Mr. 

 Clements is also freely using Mr. Bottom's ex- 

 cellent bull. (See Bottom sketch.) 



C. P. Humphrey, Denison. Mr. Humphrey, 

 a banker owning and operating a farm, made his 

 start with a cow bred by Mrs. A. G. Devlin and 

 from her he raised four heifer calves. This cow 

 was by Lord Butterfly by Golden Victor Jr., out 

 of 8th Butterfly of Valley Grove by Lord Mayor. 

 Her dam was by My Lord, son of imp. Spartan 



