OF THE SADDLE AND SIRLOIN CLUB 281 
AN EXPERT IN CATTLE VALUES 
110. James Brown, superintendent of the cattle buying for 
ARMOUR AND CoMPaNy, was born on a farm near Springfield, III. 
His chief interest lay always in livestock and the soil, and from 
his earliest days he has held more or less extensive farming inter- 
ests. Educational opportunities in his family were meagre, due 
to the death of his father when he was ten years of age. How- 
ever, he attended the rural school annually from December 1 
to March 1, until he was sixteen years old, when it became 
necessary for him to participate continuously with his brothers 
in the operation of the farm. Upon reaching his majority he 
decided to extend his interests, and while retaining his partner- 
ship in the farm, he entered upon the management of an elevator 
near Springfield and also established a tile factory. This was 
the first tile factory to be operated in Illinois outside of the 
Whitehall district, but in spite of the necessity of shipping some 
clays he managed to make it a success. After three or four 
years he went west and in the spring of 1880 located at Buffalo, 
Wyo., near old Fort McKinney. He obtained some ranching 
property and sold his interest in the Illinois farm to extend his 
ranch holdings. During this period he lived in Springfield 
during the winter and went west for his cattle business in the 
summer. 
In 1889 he came to Chicago, where he first entered into part- 
nership in the commission firm of Warp & Brown as a cattle 
salesman. During the five years he was a member of this firm 
his work proved of such a nature that Mr. J. Ocb—EN ARMOUR 
(69) secured him for the cattle buying department of ARMOUR 
AND Company, which position he has now held for over a quarter 
of a century. He is head of this department for all the markets 
on which ARMOUR AND Company operate, being in charge of their 
cattle buying throughout the United States. 
