712 A HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



Nelson took a part of the imported cows as well as 

 some of the bulls to their herd at Burlingame, 

 Kans. Speaking of this purchase Mr. Goodnight in 

 a recent letter to the author says: "Taking them 

 as a whole, they were the best lot of imported cattle 

 I have ever seen." 



Mrs. Adair Acquires the Property. — Shortly after 

 this extensive introduction of Hereford blood Mr. 

 Adair died at St. Louis, Mo., in 1885, while on his 

 way out to the ranch from Ireland, and his large 

 interest passed to his wife, Mrs. Cornelia Adair. 

 Two years later the partnership was dissolved, Mr. 

 Goodnight receiving for his interest practically one- 

 third of the land and cattle. The remaining two- 

 thirds has been known ever since as the J A Ranch 

 and is still owned by Mrs. Adair, who though re- 

 siding in London, England, makes frequent trips 

 to the property in the Panhandle. At the time of 

 Mr. Adair's death the partners owned or controlled 

 for grazing purposes upwards of 1,000,000 acres, 

 and their herd of cattle numbered more than 40,000. 



Since this change of blood from Shorthorn to 

 Hereford about 1883 purebred "white faces" have 

 been used continuously on the main or JA herd. 

 Coincident with this change the partners began 

 building up the special JJ herd, resting largely upon 

 the base of the well bred cows bought from Finch, 

 Lord & Nelson. This herd has been crossed ex- 

 clusively by registered Hereford bulls ever since, 

 and has been the main source of supply for bulls 

 for service on the JA's. To avoid too close breed- 



