34 A HISTORY OF SUORTHORNS IN KANSAS 



(Booth) and the Bates cows, imp. Kirklevingt< )U 

 15th illustrated in vol. 16, and the Canada l>red 

 Duchess of York 9th. Airdrie Duchess 2d and 

 Airdrie Duchess 3d were hought of Mr. Alexand- 

 er for $21,000 and $23,600 and a long price was 

 paid for 28th Duke of Airdrie. In 1878 Mr. 

 Crane exported a lot of Shorthorns to England. 

 Among them was the 27th Duke of Airdrie. The 

 Durham Park herd comjirised a wonderful col- 

 lection of Shorthorns, carrying as values then 

 rated, the highest priced blood lines in the world. 

 No such toleration as Mr. Crane's had been 

 shown for the several rival strains of blood since 

 R. A. Alexander had founded the great herd at 

 Woodburn. 



The Shannon Hill Herd.— While Albert Crane 

 was busy collecting some of the breed's choicest 

 specimens for the great Durham Park herd he 

 had established in the comjjaratively new part of 

 the state, a quiet, conservative man of Atchison 

 county was carrying on opei'ations in the older 

 settled portion. George W. dick began his 

 work well, not by following the dictates of fash- 

 ion, but by buying a few good cows and a good 

 bull. It was in about 1870 that the original pur- 

 chases were made and like Mr. Crane's first 

 selections, tliey did not indicate i^artiality for 

 any particular strain. They were, howevei', of 

 what was then considered good standard breed- 

 ing. In 1872 Mr. Click added by purchase in 



