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iVt]'d roiml.y gradually built up his herd to aliout 

 fii't}- females. Local trade t<Hjk the surplus and 

 in 1914 Mr. iVndrew held a public sale disposing 

 of all but a few of the best females and the herd 

 bull, Orange Major. He has continued his breed- 

 ing operations and liis herd which is better than 

 ever is dealt with in Part II. 



From about 1900 to 1917 Marshall Bros, of 

 <Jowle\' count}' bred Shoj'thorns, su])plying the 

 local and western tra(U', and producing a ch^sir- 

 ai)](' class (if cattle with ])lcnty <»f size. The 

 herd grew to be one of the large ones of the 

 state. Among the best known sires in use was 

 Scottish Prince, a Hanua bred son of imp. Lord 

 Cowslip. At the Stodder dis2)ersioii sale Marshall 

 Bros, bought the senior herd bull, the white, 

 Silvermine, the sire (tf tlie attractive lot of 

 roan heifers sold by Mr. Stodder. The herd en- 

 joyed an uimsually good patronage from Okla- 

 homa breeders until its disiDcrsion in 1917. Lee 

 Marshall who was the active manager of the 

 establishment is now living in Wichita and has 

 transferred his activities from Shorthorns to 

 the manufacture of paint. 



Clay Harrington and li. M. Harrington es- 

 tablished herds in Sedgwick coimty near Clear- 

 wafer in about 1900. Although these herds did 

 ni)t become prominent yet they were numbered 

 amojig the large ones of the state. The surplus 

 was sold ])rinc,i pally in Oklahoma. 



