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of Ivausas and several cows to N. L. Chaffee of 

 Maiiliattaii, a, few cows t(_> Andrew Wilson and 

 some clioiee animals to (ilcni'ge W. (Ireever, men- 

 tion of wliirli Avill lie mad«' la1er. 



Better Cattie from Better Herds. — At the close 

 of the sixties Andrew Wilson of Shawnee county 

 was probably the most discriminating buyer of 

 foundation stock in the new state. Cattle of his 

 breeding calved as early as 1870 are on record 

 and it was in that year, that in addition to the 

 purchases made from John Inlow, Mr. Wilson 

 made other memorable purchases which attract- 

 ed the attention of the whole country. From the 

 herd of James N. Brown & Sons of Illinois, then 

 one of the leading Shorthorn establishments in 

 the United States, he secured a immber of high 

 class cows. Grace Young 4th and Grace Young 

 5th, two cows of national reputation as jirize win- 

 ners, sired by Tycoon, one of the greatest l)ulls 

 of his day, were added to tlie herd. Minister, for 

 several years the leading show l^idl of the West, 

 was bought at W. R. Duncan's sale for $1760. 

 Ml'. W^ilson now had cattle from which a fortune 

 could have been made, but for some reason he 

 soon ga"\'e up the business. On August 20, 1873 

 (jrvixce Young 4th and Grace A^oung 5th, the 

 plums of the hei'd, were sold in a pul_)lic sale at 

 Silver Lake, to the Kansas State Agricultural 

 College for $800 and $1080, and later at the col- 

 lege they XDroduced a family of excellent cattle, 



