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herdsmen are presented. Others would have been 

 shown had the author succeeded in obtaining the 

 necessary photographs. In several notable instances 

 most capable men have shrunk from this publicity, 

 even though it was unsought on their part. It will 

 of course be understood that the portraits shown 

 have been made from photographs supplied at the 

 special request of the author. A long period of ob- 

 servation of the work of men of this type on both 

 sides the water has convinced us of the justice of 

 generous recognition of their efforts. While as a 

 rule they receive full consideration at the hands 

 of their employers and of cattle breeders in gen- 

 eral, the author has such a keen appreciation of 

 the importance of the part they play in the work 

 that he believes frequent note should be made of 

 their valuable services.* 



An Involuntary Tribute. — One more little story 

 and we close. As is commonly known, most of the 



*We are reminded at this point tliat we have not yet sup- 

 plied certain details concerning the work of Oeorge Mason, an- 

 other of the "old guard" of good herdsmen. He was born in 

 Aberdeen, Scotland, Sept. 2, 1852, worked with Angus herds in 

 Scotland for about ten years and came to America in 1882, bring- 

 ing over an importation of Angus cattle for Geary Bros, in Can- 

 ada. He spent three years with the herd of Mossom Boyd and 

 came to the United States in 1889 to the Hereford herd of C. H. 

 Elmendorf, Kearney, Neb., where he remained six years. 



At the Chicago World s Fair the show herd in George's charge 

 included Earl of Shadeland 30th, Lily, Lady Daylight and Lady 

 Laurel. In the fall of 1895 he went to the herd of W. S. Van- 

 Natta and in the fall of 1897 to C. S. Cross, Emporia, Kans., thence 

 to John Hooker, New London, C. for about eighteen months. 

 After that he spent several years with Angus and Shorthorn herds 

 and later a year with the Hereford herd of John E. Painter, Rog- 

 gen, Colo. He now has charge of the Herefords on Highland 

 Ranch, owned by K. H. Zwlck, near Pyramid, Colo. 



Fred Corkins, who tended Dale and other celebrities for Jesse 

 Adams, ought not to be forgotten, and among contemporary 

 workers we should not omit to mention William Burlton, now 

 with Mr. Tow; "Andy" Meikle, who went from Cudahy to Harris, 

 and "Bob" Johnson, who has made up many Hereford as well as 

 black polled champions. 



