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iiuiiierous pure bred herds. On account of ]Mr. 

 Steiilienson's poor liealtli tlie herd was dispersed 

 privately early in 1919. As will be seen in Part 

 II of this book the Stephenson cattle liecanie a 

 prime factor in building up several herds in the 

 eastern half of the state. Among- those wh(_> took 

 advantage of this dispersion were W. J. Sayre, 

 H. M. Schoepflin, C. E. McFerrin, F. N. Funk 

 and others. 



Master of the Grove, American Koyal and 

 International grand champion bidl, was devel- 

 oped b}' J. W. Baker of Chase county and sold 

 by him to Bellows Brt)s. who exhibited him. It 

 is said that Mr. Baker gavi; this bull more than 

 usual care which, in view of the fact that he had 

 no family upon which to lavish his affeeti(_)ns, is 

 not surprising. Mr. Baker's herd was small 

 and aside from his connection with Master of the 

 Grove he was known only locally. 



In founding his herd Fred Cowley of Cherokee 

 county made judicious selections, principally oi' 

 Scotch crossed Bates cattle. In buying these 

 cattle he had the assistance of that excellent 

 judge of Shorthorns, John McDei-maid. lie 

 used the Harris bred bidl, Rodney by imp. Pirate 

 and the Bellows bred Albion by Valk\y Cham- 

 pion. Ilis greatest breeding bull was doubtless 

 Secret Archer by imp. Collyiue. Secret Archer 

 was the sire of numerous cows sold to Fred 

 Stodder that bred to Captain Archer pi'oduced 



