l-'8 A IIIS'I'OKY OP SIIORTIIORNR IN KANSAS 



partiici', <!(■(». P. KollcniKiii, located near 

 Hii]iil)()l(lt, l)riii,^iiis- a few J'<_'iiiaJc.s and a, l>idl 

 wiili liiiii and in 1888 a farm was purchased near 

 Mound City to which tlic cattle on hand and a 

 cvir load of the host from the Ohio farm were sent. 

 Along wiih the cows came a Renick Rose of 

 Sharon l)ull, the famil}^ at thaf time not having 

 recognized the greaf value of the Scotch cj-oss. 



Shoi-tly after this a Scotch crossed hull was 

 hought of Col. Harris and he was foHowed hy the 

 bull that ]na.de the herd. Armour Bearer hy F. 

 Bellows & Sons' Valley Chami^ion, taken reluc- 

 tantly because he was a roan inst(;a,d of the fash- 

 ionable red, got cah'cs fi-om these Ohio bred cows 

 that Avere in all respects e(|nal to the best Scotch 

 cattle of 1h(^ day and IIk; show yard I'ccord made 

 by this roan bull's calves at the leading fairs, 

 incliKling the Amei'ican Royal, was not oiily an 

 enviable one but it was a tribute to the iirfluence 

 of a good bull when ci-ossed with ])i-ac1ically un- 

 related cows. Armour Bearer lived only eighteen 

 months but during this period he had worked a 

 great change in the red herd. His calves were 

 nearly all roans arid, while considered less val- 

 pable on tliis account, i hey sold at good ])rices on 

 their merits. 



The first (Jrnick-sliank- cow, 141h Linwood Lav- 

 ender by Baron |ja\'cn(lci' 2d, was bought at Col. 

 Hari'is' dispersion sale in 18!)() and she ]iroduced 

 Tjavender Doi'rit, a bull later used with success 



