1;^ A insTDBV OF S1J0RTH0RN8 IK KANSA.S 



tlic drs('(,'ii(.lants of wliicli can still Ite tV)uiid i)i 

 Kansas hiu'ds. Althoiigii Mr. Wilson's period of 

 actiA'c operation was sliort, lie had brought a class 

 of stock to the new state, not seen ])i-ior to that 

 date and it W(juld be unfair to nieasui-e the value 

 (d' his service by tlu; brief time he was engaged in 

 1) reeding. 



George W. Greever. — At tiie time John Inlow 

 was selling liis cattle, (lei)rge W. (Jreever of 

 Wyandotte county bought the cow Praii'ie Flow- 

 er liy 1st Grand Duke of Kansas. From tliis cow 

 he raised three heifers, two by the fine sire Basil 

 Duke and one by Mast(^r of Ravenswood. The 

 small but (dioice herd was sold to C. B. iSbu'ris of 

 Oeueva in 1878.' The liull Basil Duke 4th 1)}- 

 Basil Duke was included in the sale. 



John F. Piper.— In 1860 John F. Piper, tlien 

 a resident of Kentucky, bought the imported cow 

 Hasty, bred by Mr. l>urnett and imported by 

 Tlie Mason & Bracken Company. From lier he 

 raised three heifers calved in 1861, 1862 and 186-1-, 

 named Spot, Hum]jback and Yiolet. Mr. Piper 

 came to ]jabctte county, Kansas late in the sixties 

 bringing with lain numerous di'SceiKhints of imp. 

 Hasty, none of which wei'e recorded, an<l i1 was 

 Dot niiTil 1870 lliat 1iie ])edigree oJ' the ini])orted 

 ci)W aud el(!ven of her daughters and grand- 

 da.iigldcrs were ])laced on record. How many 

 cattle from this herd v.'ere sold in tliese years at 

 less than their \'alue if recorded, can only be 



