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Within twelve months from that time he secured 

 a mimlwr of cows from Albert Crane, W. W. 

 TiiDton of Coffey county, Childs & Sweet ol' Ill- 

 inois, H. H. Hankins of Ohio and T. H. Brettel 

 of Canada. The herd was maintained for a good 

 many years and was prolific. Mr. Stratton lived 

 in that part of Kansas where farmers early 

 learned the value of improved stock and his sur- 

 plus was readily disposed of locally. 



An Early Rice County Herd. — Avery Bros, 

 and R. H. Avery of Rice county worked together, 

 Avery Bros, later having possession of the R. H. 

 Avery herd. R. H. Avery had been a Shorthorn 

 breeder at Galesburg, Illinois and came to Kan- 

 sas late in 1877 or early in 1878 bringing some 

 Shorthorns with him. In addition to the pur- 

 chase of the R. H. Avery herd, Avery Bros. 

 bought stocls: fro]n Alliert Ci'ane and from other 

 Kansas l»reedei-s, some of which I'epresented pop- 

 ular blood lines. In 1882 quite a number of the 

 cattle went to Ceorge Avery Jr., of Sterling. 



Joseph E. Guild.— Joseph E. Guild of Silver 

 Lake, Shawnee county, a j^rominent farmer of 

 his section, pui'chased in 1879 the wd Imll Baron 

 Adelaide 34427, the red cows. Lady Leonard 2d 

 and Lady Leonard 3d, both by the famous sire 

 and show bull, Oakland Favorite, and the red, 

 Lady Cundiff, of Dr. W. H. Cundiff, Pleasant 

 Hill, Missoui'i. These cattle represented the 

 Leonard Flora family, then one of the best in the 



