30 A HISTORY OP SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 



breeding Shortliorus in Canada and moved to 

 Jefferson county, Kansas aljout 1870 tninging 

 with him some of his cattle. The early produce 

 of the herd was sold as far west as Manliattan. 

 He later made purchases f i-om Alljert Crane in- 

 eluding the Alexander l)red Gwynne Duke of 

 Woodburn by 26th Duke of Airdrie, and Loudon 

 Duke 13th by 5th Duke of Geneva, indicating 

 his appreciation of quality in l)ulls. Only a few 

 females were bought. His Avork was continued 

 in the eighties but was ^iractically local in chai-- 

 acfer. 



Shorthorns Reach Greenwood County. — Hart 

 Bros, were Ijreedei-s of Shorthorns in Waukeslia 

 county, Wisconsin, in the sixties. In 1870 or 

 1871 they came to Greenwood county luiuging 

 with them the bull Imperial Hendon and the cows 

 Roan Duchess 5th, Delx^hena, and Royal Duchess 

 5th, all from the herd of John P. Roe of Wau- 

 kesha. These cows proved prolific and a large 

 herd was built from them in ten years. The herd 

 of C. L. Hart of Eureka was descended from 

 these cows. 



A Brown County Pioneer. — G. Y. Johnson of 

 Brown county, soldier of the Ci\dl War, big in 

 stature and character, began In-eeding Short- 

 horns in 1870. His start was made with the so- 

 called Bates crossed standaixl families of that 

 time and he was more i-cgular and systematic in 

 recording the ])i'odu('e than any other eai'ly Kan- 



