1062 A HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



to Beau Donald 3d, bringing Disturber, This was 

 the initial trial of the Columbus-Beau Donald cross. 

 This same line of breeding is now in practice in the 

 herd of Mr. Curtice of Kentucky. I sold Rose Blos- 

 som in 1902 for $500, to the Wabash Cattle Co. Her 

 record follows: 



'•1890— April 21— buU— Little Phil 41937 by Earl of Shadeland 4l8t 



33398 

 "1891 — ^April 18 — cow — ^Hopeful -46919 by Earl Wilton 47th 46333. 

 "1892 — Aug. 26 — cow — ^Vivfen 51183 by Earl of Shadeland' 33398. 



This heifer became the dam of Armel and Viola, sold to 



G. McWilllams in 1898 for $500. 

 "1895 — Sept. 15 — bull — Dale 66481 by Columbus 51875. Sold to F. 



A. Nave, Nov. 6, 1897, for |1,100. Bought in Mr. Nave's 



dispersion for $7,500. Sold in 1901 to Wabash Cattle Co. 



for $8,000. 

 "1896 — Sept IS — bull — Earl Wilton 69585 by Columbus 51875. Sold 



to A Wolcott, Concord; Mich., in 1896. No record of price, 



I think $200. 

 "1897 — Oct. 4 — cow — Columbia 76779 by Columbus 61875. Sold to 



J. C. Adams, 1901, for $1,000. The dam of Disturber. 

 "1898 — Aug. 16 — cow — Columbia 2d 86594 by Columbus 61875. Sold 



to J. C. Adams, 1901, for $1,326. 

 "1899 — ^Aug. 21 — cow — Rosamond 100492 by Cherry Ben 56767. Sold 



to Wabash Cattle Co., 1902, for $300. 

 "1900 — ^Dec. 25 — bull — Dara 117715 by imp. Freedom 76005. Sold 



to Wabash Cattle Co. for $135. 

 "1901 — Nov. 13 — cow — Rose Blossom's Princess 135358 by Le Roy 



70778. Owned by S. H. Gqdman." 



Harking Back to the Range. — ^As this chapter is 

 called a "Eound-Up" we feel warranted in intro- 

 ducing at this point certain facts concerning the 

 operations of another one of the ranking western 

 outfits of the days when the range cattle business 

 was getting squarely upon its feet. We refer to 

 the famous old-time firm of Lee & Beynolds. 

 Their operations were not only extensive, but they 

 always advocated the use of well bred bulls. The 

 author had prepared the following statement as 

 to their work for inclusion in a preceding chapter, 

 but the copy was inadvertently mislaid until it was 

 too late to incorporate it, in this edition, in its 

 proper place. It is deemed of sufficient historical 



