838 A HISTORY OF HEEEPOBD CATTLE 



fords was through the gift of a fine collection of 

 purebred cows made by his uncle, the late P. D. Ar- 

 mour of Chicago. The latter had bought a very 

 valuable group of cows and heifers, full of Grove 

 3d and Lord Wilton blood, from his friend Mr. C. 

 M. Culbertson, Newman, 111., intending them as an 

 attraction for a country place owned by P. D. Ar- 

 mour, Jr. This young man showed no special fond- 

 ness for the cattle, however, and on this account 

 they were shipped to Kansas City to the Excelsior 

 Farm of K. B. Armour. Here they met with ade- 

 quate appreciation, and with the general revival of 

 interest in cattle-breeding Mr. Armour resolved 

 to materially enlarge and strengthen the herd. He 

 became a heavy buyer of high-class breeding ani- 

 mals from nearly all of the leading herds of the 

 United States, and later on began a series of im- 

 portations from Herefordshire, England, that cul- 

 minated in the shipment of nearly 300 head which 

 landed in Baltimore during the summer of 1901. 

 In this work he had the active personal assistance 

 of two of his most trusted employes, Mr. William 

 Cummings.and Mr. Frank Hastings. 



Kirk B. Armour's brother, Charles W. Armour, 

 succeeded to hia Hereford interests and for a long 

 series of years continued to maintain a large herd 

 near Kansas City. On Dec. 10 and 11, 1901, the 

 Armour estate and Mr. Funkhouser made a sale at 

 Kansas City, at which 110 head averaged $338. 



Important Contests of 1901. — Interest in the big 

 shows of 1901 centered largely in the competition 



