DO A jiis'i'din; ui-' sikiktjkik.ns is Kansas 



S2)riiig dr(»x>pecl u level, deep-bodied, red heifer 

 which was named Betsy Dailey, Dailey being the 

 name of the former owner of Betsy. 



It was the attractive outline and the thrift- 

 iness of this heifer calf, Betsy Dailey, that made 

 such an impression on the Tomson boys that they 

 urged their father to acquire a few more regis- 

 tered females. This was done to a limited extent 

 and by the summer of 1888 there was a herd of 

 a dozen females of miscellaneous breeding on the 

 farm. Another bull was oljtained at a mortgage 

 sale in which a bank was winding up the affairs 

 of some unfortunate. The bull, Phyllis Duke, 

 was included in the offering and sold in this 

 f(.)r('ed sale for the fahuhtus price of $25 

 less five x^er cent disco\nit, net $23.75. 



Gradually the pure bred cattle increased and 

 the herd was kept to tlic desired number l)y dis- 

 posing of the surplus grades, a very simple plan 

 in the building of a valuable herd at a small out- 

 lay. In tlie eai'ly nineties an incident occui'red 

 that proved of great value to the Tomson breed- 

 ing operations. The well kn(.)wn lireeder ol that 

 time, T. P. Bal)st, also <_if Dover, maintained a 

 large herd and had in use the imported l»ull, This- 

 tle Top, selected oi'iginall\' ))y Amos Oruick- 

 shank, his l)r(/eder, for (Jolonel M\ A. Harris 

 for use in the celebi'ated Linwood herd, where he 

 was ke])t in service i'o]' two or three years. He 

 was then aecjuired by Mr. Babst and as his heifers 



