I'lS A IIISTCIHV OF SLIOK'I'LlOliXS IN KANSAS 



selliiit;- value on their ])V()(ln('t. It had (h)uhlh'SS 

 (-oiiic to tlu'ii' cars that Ihcir catllc were "phnu 

 bred" and that it wouhl he an ouii-aur Id ci'oss 

 Indls from their lierds wi1h cows bred up b.\' the 

 use of the unfashiouably bred l'>ates bulls. Tn- 

 disuiayed by tauuts aud threats of failure, these 

 old Seotehuieii aud theii' tew dis('i|iles iu 

 Aiuei'iea jiursued tlu' eveu tenor of llieir \va>'S. 



At the ei'ilieal iiuie when the masses oF 1lie 

 fashiouably bred Shoi'l horns lacked ever\iliiu^- 

 worth while except a pedigree of ancietil I>u1 

 fallen ureatness and wei'e in danuci- of beiuLi,' 

 cast aside by the y\ui;,-us and llereroi'ds as un- 

 worthy of beinu' per])etuated, lliese plain bi'ed 

 bulls from Scotland, Hirown lo^-eihei- indiscrim- 

 inately, according' to 1he devotees of I'ashion, and 

 comii>g- from the ed,u-e of the jnni])ini;-ol'l' ]ilace 

 of the universe, ap])eared 1o rescue the breed. 

 Possessing' vvvvy essenlial Tor ihe woi'k except a 

 po])ulai' ])edi,uree, they wrought a, re^cnerat ion 

 in American aud Kn^'lish Sh(n'ihoi-ns such as 

 had not been dreamed of betoi'e. h'irst undei-the 

 name of Ch-uickshank, the acknowleducd leader 

 of the elan, and later as Scotch cows and Scotch 

 bulls they did the work so i-apidly and effectual- 

 ly that within less than ten yeai-s they became 

 the aristocracy of the Sh(n-tliorn world. And so 

 the term "Scdtch" became one to coiijnre with, 

 I'oi' it repi'esented a type of cattle snpei'ior to 

 anything yet seen. How the names of these old 



