A HISTORY OF SHORTHORNS IX KAXSx\S 79 



Geo. S. Hanna of Illinois under the firm name of 

 Hanna & Co., bought a lot of Shorthorn cows 

 from John D. Gillett, of Ehdiart, Illinois. Mr. 

 Hanna describes these as wonderful cattle but 

 they took no i)edigTees, sim]:>ly using them for 

 lieef producing purposes. 



About 1886 they l)ought of Ell^ert & Fall of 

 Albia, Iowa, a lot of Bates Shorthorns and at 

 Col. Harris' Kansas City sale tlie same year a 

 yearling heifer named Spirea was l)ou.g]it foi- 

 $65. At F. Bellows & Sons' dispersion they 

 bought Red Queen, Silver Maid and Georgia 

 by imp. Scotchman. In about 1894 at the Potts 

 disiDersion they secured Lavender of Oakland 

 4th and Sempstress of Oakland 5tli, 7th and 8th ; 

 also two Fannie Airdries. These were the tops 

 of the sale. Sempstress 5tli was in calf to imj). 

 King of Aberdeen and produced a bull calf that 

 under the name of Oakland was used in the herd. 

 The Lavender cow was sold to Col. Casey before 

 leaving produce in the herd. Most of the Ell)ert 

 & Fall cattle were sold to E. K. Thomas of 

 Kentucky, a few years after their purchase. In 

 1897 they bought the show cow. Gay Lady, a 

 daughter of Gay Monarch. This wonderful cow 

 weighed 2000 pounds when weaning a calf l)ut 

 show ring requirements had ruined her as a 

 breeder and at eight years old she was sent to 

 market, a barren cow. Up to this time the ]:)ur- 

 chases had been made from several sources bi'iii-:r- 



