52 A HISTOKV OP SIinRTTTOIiNS IN KANSAS 



Breeding for Milk Production. — Swain Bros. 

 & Bates of Lawrence bought a choicely bred lot 

 of cattle, inclnding the bulls Earl of Athol 32485 

 and Grand Juror 32769. This was about 1878. 

 Earl of Atliol was out of Maid of Athol, a cow 

 that gave 12875 pounds of milk, making 513 

 pounds of butter in a year. Her greatest ten day 

 yield was 581 pounds of milk and 2II/4 pounds 

 of butter. Grand Juror, bred by Albert Crane, 

 was by Lord Bates 2d. The cows were from the 

 herds of John Inlow, Avery & Muri:)hy and the 

 well known A'Villiani Miller herd in Canada. 



Col. Harris and a Mr. Swain, probably the 

 same person mentioned above, were associated 

 and a few animals were recorded as owned joint- 

 ly by them. Several of Col. Harris' early inir- 

 ehases came from R. D. Swain. 



A Breeder in the Making. — Col. W. A. Harris 

 of Linwood did not differ from other breeders 

 except in two respects. He held positive con- 

 victions and he had the courage to assert and up- 

 hold the correctness of his views against the 

 whole world if necessary. His first Shorthorn 

 purchase is recorded in vol. 18, published in 

 April 1879, where it is stated that on Pebniary 

 20th of that year he bought of Dr. Cundiffe, 

 Prince Leonard 5th, the unfashionably coloi'cd 

 red and white bull. Tt was ])rol)a1)ly al)()ut the 

 sauie time that he showed his disregard of fash- 

 ion bv biivinii' a roan cow for roan was a color 



