A HISTORY OF .SHOUTHOKNS IK KANSAS 



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an eciually va,!ua])l(' Idt of cows lire<l on the 

 farm. 



CoUj^nie really began his life's work in the 

 Tebo Lawn herd, Mr. lianna having leased him 

 to Col. Casey for $1000 for twelve months use. 

 After his return to Palo Duro, he was used to 

 the limit, siring a class of cattle that as feeders 

 had few equals. A little plainness, especially in 

 the hind quarters was frequently observed, but 

 the CoUynie cows were great breeders and suck- 

 lers and the l:)ul]s, as a whole, Avcre great sires. 

 The improvement made through the Collynie 

 blood and the good cows in the herd, extended 

 from th(.; Missouri river to tlie (iulf. The 

 occasional adverse criticism on account of the 

 plainness mentioned could not disprove the fact 

 that these cattle made more pounds of high 

 |)riced beef from the coarse feeds of the farm 

 than almost any other Shorthorns in the terri- 

 tory. 



Besides Collynie, there was used the excellent 

 young bull Inglewood, a son of imp. Eumia 33d. 

 Pie was the sire of Inglemaid, the dam of Mr. 

 Hill's Ingle Lad. When Mr. Hamia was at Mr. 

 Duthie's he was greatly impressed with Cowslip 

 26th, a cow of mixed English breeding. She had 

 ]k'v\\ the leading show cuw in <jreat Britain and 

 Mr. Duthie had bought her Avith a view of getting 

 a bull to use on his Cruickshank cattle. He 

 promised Mr. Hanna a bull from her as soon as 



