624 A HISTORY OF SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 



Prince Violet, was by a son of Collynie out of a 

 daughter of Choice Goods and his dam was by 

 Godwin, the well known son of imp. Spartan 

 Hero and imp. Golden Thistle. I have seen ex- 

 ceptional calves by this bull. 



J. W. Hyde, Altoona. Mr. Hyde, the oldest 

 breeder in Wilson county, was born and raised 

 on a Shorthorn farm (see J. C. Hyde sketch, 

 Part I) and his sons and daughters are getting 

 into the business. He has been a patron of Mr. 

 Hill and Mr. Hanna and as a result has a herd 

 strong in Collynie blood. He owns the excellent 

 Prince of Collynie cow, Robinita Winsome and 

 twenty of his forty females are her descendants. 

 Mr. Hyde has consistently used good, well bred 

 bulls and has insisted on the bulls being out of 

 heavy milking cows. The dual-purpose Short- 

 horn is his object and he is succeeding, for his 

 herd shows a lot of good sized cows of decided 

 milking tendencies. He is now using a bull by 

 Master of the Dales. 



Later. Mr. Hyde has just purchased several 

 imported females, including the prize winning 

 two-year-old Bright Gem and her bull calf (see 

 page 277) of J. C. Robison and the old establish- 

 ment is taking on new life. When you count the 

 men who have produced the profitable kind of 

 cattle in southeast Kansas, J. W. Hyde must be 

 named near the top. 



John A. Kepler, Altoona. Mr. Kepler has a 



