cS() A HISTORY OF HliOR'I'JKiKNS IN KANSAS 



lie could spare one and following tliis arrange- 

 ment, Lord Cowslip by the show bull, Lord of 

 Fame, came to the farm. His disposition was 

 not the best and his calves may haA^e been scarcely 

 up to the desired standard, hul lie was freely 

 used and the fresh blood infused \)('cnnut very 

 valuable. His daughtei's bred lo ( lollynie 

 as well as to Ham])ton S]>ray ]>]-oduced splen- 

 didly. 



A most fortunate purchase made as a successor 

 to Collynie was the white Dustin bred Indl Ham- 

 pton Si^ray, a strongly lini; 1)red Merry Hamp- 

 ton. LLe was bought as a calf from N. H. Gentry 

 and was the subject of much criticism by men 

 who thought they knew ; but he matured into a 

 great individual and as a l>reeder, especially a 

 getter of heifers, it is d(jubtful if he had a 

 superior in the state. 



Toward the end of 1915 Mr. Hanna, who was 

 not very rugged, felt it would l)e best to close up 

 his business. He decided to soil llic iici'd jiiid here 

 is the story as he told it. "Col. Supies of Tulsa 

 and W. S. Fears of Broken Arrow came (iver 

 and I sold them a few head. Then Jcilm Kramer, 

 representing Mi". Cillisiiie, came, and having no 

 children to whom to leave things and n(.)t wanting 

 Mrs. Hanna to be bui'dened in case (.>f my death, I 

 sold the rest of the cattle to him in less than 

 thirty mimites. ]Ic took llic ^\']|ol(■ lot at my own 

 price, which was not half their value, but I did 



