46 A IIIKTOBY OF SnORTHOENS IN KANSAS 



Hamiltoiis. The M. H. Lyons herd, one of the 

 first, if not tlie very first estahlislied in Okla- 

 lioma, was founded hy the purchase of ten young 

 cows and Iieifers from Marey & Son in 1891. 

 Tliese cows were nearly all hy Commodore and 

 were among the last of the larger lots hred and 

 sold from the farm. The surplus produce of the 

 fifteen or more years found a ready sale locally 

 and a number of sales were made in Iowa and 

 Nebraska. The herd was a creditable one and 

 had Mr. Marcy taken advantage of conditions 

 by buying a top bull at Tjinwood in 1883 or 1884, 

 he would doubtless have profited largely from 

 the cross with his good strong females. 



A Student of Type and Pedigrees. — A herd 

 that was founded in the seventies and main- 

 tained for nearly forty years was that of Andrew 

 Pi'ingle of Wabaunsee county. Mr. Pringle's 

 strongest point was that he was a stickler for 

 good bulls. His early purchases of females were 

 made from local breeders and later when the 

 Scotch cattle came in he bought Scotch and 

 Scotch topped cows of merit from such herds as 

 those of Col. Harris and B. O. Cowan. Collegian, 

 a son of the great cow, Grace Young 5th by Ty- 

 coon, Jas. N. Brown's noted show Indl and sire, 

 was one of the first bulls used. When Col. Har- 

 ris made his start with Cruickshank cattle Mr. 

 Pringle recognized their value and as long as the 

 Linwood herd existed he made annual or semi- 



