A ITISTDKY (IK .SI iDK'I'lldKN;-; l\ KANSAS J 1. 



by Mr. Tiptun. Tho oldest of the liiruK cows of 

 Ml'. Tipton's In'c; ', ai;- is recorded as Bertlia 

 Belle, Yol. (), p. l:)'7. Slie was a white, calved 

 March 1859, and n-''-r,] 'iiiig to the herd book was 

 the first Sliortliorn bred in Kansas. 



The herd proved prolific tind the records show 

 that Mr. Tipt'jn sold numy bulls and females in 

 Anderson and adjoining comities. Tlie first re- 

 corded l»u!l sold w;is a roan, cah'ed Jnne 10, 1862, 

 that went to Morgan Russell & Co. of Lawrence. 

 His name and number wei'e Opothoholo 5041i/'o. 



Mr. Ti]:)ton continued his operations wuh suc- 

 cess for more tlian thirty years. In all this time 

 he made no effort to follow the lead of fashion 

 but kept on breeding the families he had orig- 

 ins lly l:)rought to the state. He did, however, 

 luiy some good I»ulls. Among them was Procur- 

 ator wOTlO, a SO]] of Starlight out of a dam by 

 llenei'al (Trant. Mr. Tipton's cattle furnished 

 the foinidation I'or luunerous herds in his local- 

 ity, though it is doubtful whether many could be 

 foinid at this time that are descended from the 

 fii'st kSlKU'thorri herd in Kansas. 



Interesting facts cuncerning Mr. Tiptun Avere 

 furnished by his son-in-law, ti. S. Patton, now 

 ninety-four years old a]id his gr;rndson, OiitU'les 

 Patton who was t»orn on tlie faim in 1858 and as 

 a boy herded his grandfatlier's cattle. 



]\[r. Tij)ton h'ft Stillwater. Ohio in 1855, going 

 to Pairfield, loAva A\'liere he lived two yeai's, c<jm- 



