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A series of biographical sketches of the

347personalitieshonoredbyhavingtheirportraits

hung in the Saddle and Sirloin gallery at the

KentuckyExpositionCenter,Louisville,Kentucky.

Thecollectionremembersthe347leaderswhohave

mademajorcontributionstothelivestockindustry.

Founded in 1903 and continues to this day, the

portraitgalleryisthelargestcollectionofquality

portraitsbynotedartistsintheworlddevotedtoa

singleindustry

AlloftheportraitshangingintheClubat

thetimeofthe1934ChicagoStockYardsfirewere

destroyed. Withinaweekafter the fire,Fredrick

H.Prince,thechairmanoftheUnionStockYards

and Transit Company, commissioned Robert F.

Graftontobeginrepaintingtheportraitslost.In18

months,beforehisdeath,hecompletedatotalof

164.OthmarHofflerwasselectedtosucceedhim

astheofficialartistoftheClub.Otherartistswhose

portraitworksarerepresentedinthegalleryinclude

JosephAllworthy,ArvidNyholm,BenjaminKanne

andErnestKlempner. Morerecentlyportraitsby

Raymond Kinstler, Tom Orlando, Tom Phillips,

StewartHalstead,WalterWilson,RichardHalstead,

James Fox, John Boyd Martin and Istvan Nyikos

havebeenadded.

TheSaddleandSirloinPortraitCollection

ABiographicalCatalogue2009RevisedEdition

ByDaleF.Runnion

S&S Portrait ColleCtion Page 38

ADAMS,HENRYC.

A two term congressman from Wisconsin, who in 1906 sponsored legislation to financescientificresearchintheAgriculturalExperimentStationsofUnitedStates.BornatVerona,NY (1850-1907), moved to Wisconsin with parents in 1851. Spent one year at AlbionAcademy and three years at University of Wisconsin. Engaged in farming on propertyadjoining city of Madison and built up profitable dairy and small fruit business. He wasa member of Wisconsin Assembly 1883-85, engaged during winters of ’87, ’88, ’89 inFarmersInstitutework,presidentofthestateDairymen’sAssnforthreeterms,secretaryofStateHorticulturalSocietyandmanyyearsmemberofStateBoardofAgriculture.HewasamemberofCongress1903-1907

ADAMS,JOHN

ApioneerlivestockcommissionmanattheUnionStockYardsofChicago.

ADAMS,WILLIAMP.II

He was born at Odebolt, IA in 1910 and earned his B.A. degree from the University ofWisconsin in1933. Heoperated largefamily landholdings in IowaandColoradoaswellasDirectorandVice-PresidentofGroup21Feedlots,Inc.atSutherland,IA.HewaselectedDirectorandPresidentoftheIowaHerefordAssociation(1950-56),theAmericanHerefordAssociation(1959-65),andtheInternationalLivestockExposition(1960-74),andaDirectorof the National Livestock and Meat Board (1962-66). He was a member of the NationalCattlemen’s Association and an honorary member of Block and Bridle. Portrait hung in1970.

The2009Editionofthe

SaddleandSirloinPortraitCatalogue

PortraitsandBiographiesarelistedAlphabetically


ALEXANDER,ROBERTAITCHISON

A native of Scotland, who in his early life immigrated to Woodford County, KY whereheboughttheestateknownasWoodburn.HerehepurchasedandbredStandardbredandThoroughbredhorsesandShorthorncattle.Lexington,thefamousThoroughbredstallion,waspurchasedfor$15,000andledthesirelistfrom1861through1877.Abdalla,theStandardbredstallion,andtheShorthorncow,DuchessofAirdrie,helpedtospreadthefameofWoodburn.Jerseys,Cotswolds,andSouthdownswereaddedatlaterdates.Hediedin1867.

ALLEN,LEWISF.

AnearlyShorthornbreederofBlackRock,NYwhoin1846editedandpublishedthefirstvolume of the Shorthorn Herdbook. The first volume was small and it was not until thesecondvolumewasissuedin1855thatthebreedersfromEasttoWestcametothesupportoftheHerdbookRegister.ThenewlyformedAmericanShorthornBreedersAssn.purchasedtheHerdbookfromAllenintheautumnof1882forthesumof$25,000. Since1883,thisHerdbookhasbeentheonlyoneofitskindinexistenceforthebreedandistitledtheAmericanShorthorn Breeders Association Herdbook. He authored standard books on beef cattlebreedersbeforetheCivilWar.

ALLERTON,SAMUELWATERS,JR.

ExtensiveIllinoislandowner,livestockshipperandChicagofinancier.BornDutchessCo,NY(1828-1914)hetriedfarming.CattletradingforshipmenttoNewYorkgraduallytookhimfartherwestandtoChicago(1856).Hecontinuedbuying,raisingandsellinglivestock,settlinginPlattCo,IL.Atonetimeheownedmorethan40,000acresoffarmlandintheMidwest.TherewasnomarketinChicagosohecreatedoneamongChicago’spioneerbutchersandbecametheheadofacompanygatheringcattleandhogsfromhundredsoffarms.ThiswasthebeginningofChicago’spackingindustry.HewasamemberofthefirstboardofdirectorsoftheFirstNationalBankofChicago.Withthebank’slargeststockholder,JohnB.Sherman,heconceivedtheideaofestablishingtheUnionStockYards.Hediedin1914.

ANDREW,JESSC.

AprominentHoosierfarmer,livestockbreederandPresidentoftheInternational1951-55.BornatPinesFarm,WestPoint,IN(1889-1955).HeattendedPurdueUniversityandAmesAgricultureCollege.AwardedhonoraryDAgrdegreefromPurdue1949.HebredShropshiresheepandhadtheoldestherdofregisteredAngusinthestate.WithsonJessJr.,hefirstintroducedtheYorkshirehogbreedtotheUS.Aneighttermlegislatorand20yearIndianaPrisonBoardmember.AsarepresentativeoftheInternational,heandhiswifeElizabethhadapersonalaudience,highteaanddinnerwiththeKingandQueenofEnglandtodiscuss4-Handotheryouthorganizations.Aprominentspeakeratmanylivestockeventsnotedforhissharpwitandcausticbarbsattheidiosyncrasiesofpeopleeverywhere.AmemberofSigmaChifraternity.


ARMOUR,J.OGDEN

BorninMilwaukee,WIin1863,hestudiedatYaleandenteredArmourandCoin1883.Hebecamepresidentofthatcompanyatthedeathofhisfather,P.D.Armourin1901.Duringhiscontrolhebuiltadditionalplantsinvariouscities,branchhouseswereestablishedinallthe great consuming centers and South American subsidiaries were organized. By 1919Armourexceededonebilliondollarsofgrossincome.Hewasgreatlyinterestedinagriculturaleducationandsponsoredmanycollegescholarships.Hemadelargedonationstohospitalsandrelieffunds,supportedArmourInstitute.Hewasdirectorofseveralrailroadsandfinancialinstitutions. HerelinquishedcontrolofArmourin1923.HisMellodyFarmatLakeForestwasamagnificentcountryestate.Hediedin1927.

ARMOUR,KIRKLANDB.

HeadofArmourPackingoperationsinKansasCity,aHerefordbreederandimporterofhighrepute.“Kirk”ArmourpurchasedtheC.M.Culbertson,Newman,IL,herdasafoundation,addedEnglishimportsof237and219headin1901.Althoughhechosenottoshowcattle,heiscreditedwithbuildingHerefordinfluenceincommercialbeefherdsintheWestandSouthwestwithlargenumbersofhisbullsgoingtosuchherdsasPrairieCattleCoinColoradoandMatadorintheTexasPanhandle.HewaspresidentoftheAmericanHerefordAssn.in1898whenthefirstNationalHerefordShow,predecessoroftheAmericanRoyal,washeld.HisremarkableleadershipinboththecommunityandindustrypromptedhiselectionasAHApresidentasecondterm.Hediedin1901attheageof47.

ARMOUR,PHILIPDANFORTH

Founder of Armour and Co in Chicago. Born in 1832 at Stockbridge, NY of Scotch-Irishdescent. HetriedhishandwiththegoldrushinCaliforniabeforeasuccessfulventureinthegrainandcommissionbusiness.InpartnershipwithJohnPlankintonheembarkedinthepackingindustryinMilwaukeein1863.In1867heestablishedArmourandCoattheUnionStockYardsinChicago.Withthedevelopmentoftherefrigeratedrailroadcar,hebroughtfreshmeattoconsumersthousandsofmilesawayfromthecornbeltandplains. HealsofoundedArmourInstitutetogivetechnicaltrainingtounderprivilegedboys.Atthetimeofhisdeathin1901,heownedmoregrainelevatorsthananyotherhouseintheworld.ArmourandCoalsoemployedmorepeoplethananyotherconcernintheworld.Hediedin1901.

ARMSBY,DR.HENRYPRENTISS

ProfessorandResearcherofAnimalNutritionandDeanatPennsylvaniaStateCollege.BornNorthridge, MA (1853-1921) received BS Worchester Polytechnic Institute, BPh 1874 andDPh1879atYale.SpentayearofworkandstudyLeipzig,Germany.ChemistConnecticutAgr Exp Sta, professor Storrs Agricultural School (University of Connecticut), AssociateDirectorAgricultureExperimentStationWisconsin,DirectorAgrExpStaPennsylvaniaStateCollege.Hewasworldfamousforhisbasicresearchinthefieldofanimalnutritionmeasuringnetnutritivevaluesbyenergyyields.AtPennsylvaniaStatehebuiltarespirationcalorimeterintheearly1900’s. Ithasbeenrestored intheoriginalbrickbuildingoncampusbehindArmsbyHall,renamedinhishonor. HewrotetheadoptedconstitutionfortheAmericanSociety of Animal Nutrition 1908 (Animal Production 1912 – Animal Science 1962) andelecteditspresidentthefirstthreeyears.Portraitwaspresentedin1921


BABCOCK,DR.STEPHENMOULTON

WhileonthefacultyattheUniversityofWisconsin,heinventedtheBabcockTestforbutterfatinmilk.Healsodiscoveredgalactoseandestablishedforhimselfaworldwidereputationforhis dairy research. Born in 1842 in Bridgewater, NY,he graduated from Tufts, studiedatCornellandreceivedPhDfromGoettingen,Germanyin1879.HebecameaninstructoratCornell,wenttotheNewYorkAgrExpStaatGeneva,thenontoWisconsin.InadditiontotheBabcocktestforbutterfat,hespearheadedmuchlivestockfeedresearchidentifyingearlyfindsonvitaminandmineraldeficiencies.Hespurnedpersonalgainandrefusedtopatenthismethodsandequipment.WhileatWisconsinhewasaffectionatelyknownas“theshybenefactorofmankind…thelaughingsaintofscience”.Hediedin1931.

BAKER,FRANKH.

Asafederalextensioncoordinator,hebegananorderlytransitionfrompurelysubjectiveappraisal to more objective means of commercial evaluation in the beef industry. HisleadershipwasresponsibleforthecreationoftheBeef ImprovementFederationin1968.AnOklahomanative (born1923),he receivedhisacademicdegree fromOklahomaA&MCollege.HisleadershipinintroducingandperfectinggeneticpredictionsofperformanceforbeefcattlewascarriedonwhileChairmanofAnimalScienceatNebraska,DeanofAgricultureat OSU, President ASAS, President Council of Agricultural Science and Technology andSeniorProgramOfficerforWinrockInternational.Hisabilitytocallforththecollectivebestasaleaderandtobealivestockdiplomathasearnedhimgreatrespectamongstockmenandscientistsalike.Portraithungin1986.HediedinLittleRock,ARin1993.

BAKEWELL,ROBERT

ThepatternforstockbreedinganditsartthatcreatedtheBritishbreedsoflivestockwassetbyBakewell(1725-1795).BornatDishley,Leicestershire,England,hestudiedtheanatomyofanimalswhenitwasarelativelyunknownsubject.AcountrygentlemanwhoearnedhisreputationasamanageroftheDishleyestate,succeedinghisfatherin1760.Hegatheredusefulstockfromextensivehorsebacktrips,weldedthemintoabreedbydeliberateandintensiveinbreedingtofixtype.HewasextremelysuccessfulwithLonghorncattle,Leicestersheep,ShirehorsesandtheSmallWhitepig.HisannualauctionscreatedgreatattentionandanaudiencewithGeorgeIII(FarmerGeorge).In1783heestablishedtheDishleySociety,forerunnerofbreedassociationstoprotectthepurityofstock.

BARCLAY,CAPTAIN

AlargelandholderofUry,ScotlandnearStonehaven,hewasrecognizedasoneofthemostcolorfulandsuccessfuloftheScottishShorthornbreeders,beginningin1822.Hewasthegreatestallaroundsportsmanofhisday,activeinthefoxhuntandprizering,performerwith courser and coach, and he bred a famous race of game fowls. He once won a betby walking 1000 miles in 1000 hours. His athletic achievements were his pride. He wasfinancierfortenantfarmersandwastheverycornerstoneoftheShorthornbreedfoundationinAberdeenshire.Hediedin1854.


BARKER,ELBERTJ.

Bornin1876,hewasaprominentBerkshirebreederandjudgefromThornton,IN.HeservedasPresidentoftheAmericanBerkshireAssociation.Hisportraitwasaddedtothecollectionin1939.

BARNHART,CHARLESE.

As Dean of the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, he has effectively led thecollege,theexperimentstationandtheextensionservice.Hispromotionofmeattypehogsandthemeatcertificationprogramandhisextensiveresearchonbabypigdiseasesgarneredinternational recognition. Born January 25, 1923 in Windsor, IL, he received his BS atPurdue,MSandPhDfromIowaStateUniversity.Hisdistinguishedrecordasascientist,anoutstandingadministrator,judgeandbreederqualifiedhimtoleadmanynationalcommitteesandconferencesonswinetypeandnutrition.Heauthoredorco-authored21scientificjournalarticlesonswinenutrition.HeplayedamajorroleintheestablishmentoftheNorthAmericanInternationalLivestockExpositionandwasinstrumentalinthepreservationandtransferoftheSaddleandSirloinportraitgallerytoLouisville,KY.Hisportraitwaspresentedin1987.

BATES,THOMAS

Bornin1776atAydonCastle,Northumberland,England,thisgeniusforShorthornbreedingdominatedthebreedingofthesecattleforthenextcentury.Heusedinbreedingextensivelyandrecordedthemilkproductionofhiscows.ManyofhisfoundationanimalscarriedthebreedingofCharlesColling,particularlythesireBelvederewhogothimthemagnificentsire,DukeofNorthumberlandandtheshowherdthatplacedhimundisputedlyasBritain’spremierbreeder. Fromthatdayforwardtheherdvalueincreasedforhisfamily. In1873hisbest,Dutchess,brought$40,600and14headaveraged$18,750.Hediedin1849atKirklevington,hisestate,wherehespentthelast19yearsofhismasterfulcareer.

BATTLES,OTTOV.

OneofthemostinfluentialpromotersofAnguscattleinthe20thcentury.HeownedhisfirstAnguscattleasa16-year-oldboy.HestartedthefamedRosemereherdin1898atMaquoketa,IA. Formed a partnership with Chester Congdon and established a herd in Yakima,Washington.ItbecameoneofAmerica’sforemostherdsandopeneduptheWestCoastAngusexpansion.HeservedasjudgeofAnguscattleinCanada,GreatBritainandtheArgentineaswellasthroughouttheUnitedStates.Hewasaprolificwriterandeffectivespeaker.BecamepresidentoftheAmericanAngusAssociationin1920andalso1934.Portraithungin1930.


BAYARD,EDWINSTANTON

EditorofthePennsylvaniaFarmerandowneroftheoldestAberdeenAngusherdinthestate.Born Kingston, OH 1867, AB Waynesburg College 1889, AM, LittD. Retired Pennsylvaniafarmer1950.TrusteeandmemberoftheexecutivecommitteePennsylvaniaStateUniversity,director American Aberdeen Angus Breeders’ Assn., President Pennsylvania LivestockBreeder’sAssn.MemberUSAgricultureConference1921,NationalLivestockCommission,InternationalInstituteofAgriculture(Rome).Hewashighlyrespectedbothbyhispeersandotheragri-industryleaders.HewasanhonorarymemberoftheAmericanVeterinaryMedicalAssn.,andamemberofAlphaZeta,GammaSigmaDeltaandAlphaGammaRho.

BELL,SAMUEL

ProminentasabreederandimporterofPercheronhorsesinOhio.

BELLOWS,GEORGE

AmemberofthefamousfamilyofBellowsBrothersofMaryville,MOthatproducedmanyleadingshowchampionsoftheearly20thcentury.TheybredandexhibitedVillageSupreme,1916InternationalGrandChampionShorthornbull.LaterGeorgewasahighlyrespectedauctioneeratthetimeofhisprematuredeathinoneoftheearlytragicautomobileaccidentsin1913.ColonelBellowswasbornnearChampaign,ILin1862.HeattendedtheUniversityofMissouri.HeservedasadvertisingrepresentativeforthePiercepublications,notablytheIowaHomesteadandLivestockIndicatorbeforestartinghiscareerasanauctioneerofpedigreedstock.Hisbrother,C.D.Bellows,wastreasureroftheAmericanShorthornAssociationforover20years.

BENNETT,DR.S.E.

HecontributedgreatlytotheeliminationoffootandmouthdiseaseintheUnitedStates.Inlateryears,hewasofficialveterinarianattheUnionStockYardsofChicago.


BENSON,EZRATAFT

BornatWhitney,IDin1899,heearnedhisBSfromBrighamYoungandhisMSinAgriculturalEconomicsfromIowaStatein1927.HewasawardedthehonoraryDAgrin1953,alsofromIowaStateandtheLLDfromtheUniversityofUtahin1953.HeservedasacountyExtensionagentforagricultureandasastateExtensionspecialistinIdaho.Heservedasanofficerinmanynationalagriculturalorganizations,butisbestrememberedasSecretaryofAgricultureunderPresidentEisenhower.Portraitwashunginthegalleryin1960.

BERMINGHAM,WALTERA.

Recognizedas thedeanofChicagopublicitymenofhis time. BornLincoln, IL,hewasastudentatSt. IgnatiusCollegeinChicago. FirstpressagentfortheChicagoInternationalLivestockExpositionandotherannualshowssponsoredbytheUnionStockYardsandTransitCo.Heservedinthispositionformanyyears

BESUDEN,HENRYCARLISLE

BornatWinchester,KYin1904,heattendedtheUniversityofKentuckywherehestarredinbasketball.Heinheritedarun-downfarm,madeitintoahighlyproductivehomeforhisworldfamousSouthdownflock.AttheInternational,hebredandexhibitedtheReserveGrandChampion Southdown rams (1970-1971), 12 Grand Champion carloads of market lambs(1950-1971)andGrandChampionWether(1971). HereceivedtheGoldenSheathAwardin Agriculture (1961) and Centennial Athletic Medallion from the University of Kentucky.HeservedasDirectoroftheFederalReserveBankofCleveland,DirectorandPresidentoftheAmericanSouthdownAssn.,DirectorandVicePresidentoftheInternationalLivestockExposition,TrusteeoftheUniversityofKentuckyandmemberoftheGovernor’sCommissiononAgriculture.Hisportraitwaspresentedin1971

BIGGAR,WALTER

A renowned Scottish breeder, judge and exporter who judged the steer classes at theInternational13times.Bornin1878onthe“Grange”inCastleDouglas,KirkandBrightshire,Scotland,aplacealwaysknownforitsoutstandingherdofGallowaycattleanditscommercialbeefcattle.AtChapleton,anotherfarm,WalterBiggarestablishedaverysuccessfulherdofShorthornsandanotherofHerefordswereaddedbysonJames.TheherdscontinuetobeadominantfactorinthemajorshowswithRoyalshowchampionsinallthreebreeds.ConsistentwinningsotherthanpedigreelaurelswereenjoyedattheSmithfieldshows.AconsiderableexporttradewasdevelopedwiththeUS,CanadaandAustralia.WalterwasregularlycalledupontojudgeinthepremiershowsintheUnitedKingdomandinAustralia,andCanada.Hediedin1949.Portraithungin1946.


BLIZZARD,WARRENLALE

DeanofAgriculture,OklahomaA&MCollege(OklahomaState)anddirectorofOklahomaAgrExpStawhenitwasfamousfor itswinning livestock. Blizzard(1888-1954)wasbornMcPherson,KS,andwasanAnimalHusbandryassistantatKansasState,livestockfieldmanforCapperPublicationsandassistantextensionlivestockmanatIowaState.In1915hewenttoOklahomaA&M,wasnamedprofessorandheadoftheAnimalHusbandryDept.in1919.Hecoachedthefirstofthecollege’snationalchampionshiplivestockjudgingteams.HejudgedpracticallyeverymajorlivestockshowinNorthAmerica.Hiswisejudgmentandcounselonqualityandbloodlineswerewidelysought.OklahomaA&MunderhisdirectionistheonlyuniversitytoexhibittheInternationalgrandchampionsteerfromthreedifferentbeefbreeds.Portraitpresentedin1939.

BOHSTEDT,GUSTAV

ChairmanoftheDepartmentofAnimalScience,UniversityofWisconsin(1943-1953),widelyknownforhisresearchinanimalnutrition,especiallyonmineralsandvitaminsinrations.Born1887Gnissau/Holstein,Germany,hecametotheUSin1902.FarmedinIowa,TexasandWisconsinbeforeenrollingattheUniversityofWisconsinin1911wherehereceivedhisBS,MSandPhDdegrees.AftergraduationhetaughtanddidresearchatWisconsinAnimalHusbandryDept.fortherestofhiscareerexceptsevenyears(1921-1928)whenhewasChiefofDeptAnIndatOhioExpSta.HisresearchwithE.B.Hartusingureaasaproteinsubstitutefordairycattlewaswidelyknown.MemberofASAS,receiveditsMorrisonAwardin1949,wasSocietypresident.Helecturedextensively.Hisportraitwashungin1951.

BOND,FRANK

OneofthelargestcommercialsheepoperatorsinAmericanhistory.ThroughpartnershipsandcommercialdealshehandledmorethanahalfmillionsheepannuallyinNewMexico,Colorado,Nebraska,andKansas.

BOOTH,THOMAS

Born at Ayden Castle, Northumberland, England in 1775, he made the most significantcontribution to the art of animal breeding that was to occur in the 19th century, bydemonstratingthevalueandmethodofpedigreematingsonthebasisofrelationshipasafundamentalprocedureinlivestockimprovement.Hisfarm,Killerby,of500acreslocatedatCatterick,andlaterhissecondfarm,Warlaby,werethesitesofgreatShorthornimprovement.Hissons,RichardandJohn,carriedforthhisworktoevenhigherlevels.Hediedin1836.


BOOTH,T.C.

Thelastofafamilyofgreatlivestockbreeders.Hesuccessfullycarriedintomoderntimestheidealsandstandardsofthepioneerbreedimprovers.Uponthedeathofhisfather,John,in1857,ThomasC.becamethedominantfigureoftheKillerbyShorthornherd.By1868hehadrestoredtheearlyreputationofBoothShorthornsmadebyhisgrandfatherThomasandlater,hisUncleRichardofWarlaby.Atthe1868RoyalShow,thetwobreedchampionscamefromKillerby,Commander-in-ChiefandLadyFragrant.Fromthistimeuntilhisdeathin1878,hisexportstoAmericawerenumerousandIrishdemandseemedinsatiable.

BOSS,ANDREW

ProfessorofAgronomyandFarmManagementattheUniv.ofMinn.,hewasactiveformanyyearsinthepromotionofbetterlivestockinhisstateandelsewhere.Hewasapioneerintheteachingofmeatsandfarmmanagementascollegesubjects.BornWabasha,MN(1867-1947)graduateSchoolofAgriculture,Univ.ofMinn.,DScKSStateAgrCollege1927andUniversityofMinnesota1945.Hisabilitiesasateacher,researcherandadministratorextendedbeyondtheuniversitytothefarmsandcommunitiesofMinnesota.HeparticipatedinthefoundingoftheMinnesotaLivestockBreedersAssociation(Secretary1904-1913),StallionReg Board, National Western Livestock Show, S. St. Paul. He established and edited theMinnesotaStockmanandsixwidelyusedtextbooks.HewashonoredasaFellowbyASAS.Hisportraitwashungin1929.

BRADFUTE,O.E.

SuccessfulbreederofAnguscattleinOhioandpresidentoftheAmericanFarmBureau.Born1862,Xenia,OHandgraduatedfromIndianaUniversity.TheO.BradfuteandSon,MeadowBrookAngusherdwasfoundedin1887andmanagedbyson,Oscar,inhisfather’slaterlife.ThefirmbredandexhibitednumerousInternationalchampions.Oscar(O.E.)establishedO.E.BradfuteandSonsafterhis father’sdeath. Awell-knownspeakerandAngusjudge,heservedaspresidentoftheAmericanAngusAssn.(1889),OhioAngusAssn.(1918-1927),OhioFarmBureau(1919)andtheAmericanFarmBureau(1923-25).HehelpedorganizetheInternational(1899)andservedonitsboarduntilhisdeath(1929).In1968hewasaddedtotheOhioAgricultureHallofFame.

BRIGGS,HILTONMARSHALL

BornatCairo,IAin1913,heearnedhisBSatIowaStatein1933,hisMSatNorthDakotain1935andhisPhDatCornellin1938.HehasservedonthefacultiesofNorthDakotaStateandOklahomaStatewherehebecameAssociateDeanandDirectorofAgriculture.From1950to1958heservedasDeanandDirectorofAgricultureattheUniversityofWyoming.HewasnamedthethirteenthPresidentofSouthDakotaState(1958-1975).HethenservedasDistinguishedProfessorofAgricultureandDirectorofInternationalProgramsatSouthDakotaState.HewaselectedPresidentofASASin1952andwasnamedaFellowofthatsocietyin1974.Dr.BriggshasjudgedatmostofthemajorUSlivestockshows.Aprolificauthor,his“ModernBreedsofLivestock”iswidelyacceptedasacollegetext.Hisportraitwashungin1978.Died2001.


BROWN,HENRYF.

ProprietorofBrowndale,oneofMinnesota’sleadingShorthornherds,formorethanfortyyears. HewasborninEastBaldwin,MEin1837andmadehismoneyinlumberandironore.HewasadirectorandpresidentoftheAmericanShorthornAssn.andanorganizeranddirectoroftheNorthAmericanTelegraphCo.HeprovidedfundsforthepurchaseofportraitsofbreedfoundersTorr,Cruickshank,ThomasBooth,Bates,Renick,Alexanderandothersinthe“SanctumSanctorum”oftheSaddleandSirloinGallery.Hediedin1912

BROWN,JAMES

FormanyyearstheheadcattlebuyerforArmourandCompany.TheownerofoneofIllinois’leadingherdsofShorthorncattle.HecametoChicagoin1889fromhisranchingoperationsnear Buffalo, WY to join the firm of Ward and Brown. Five years later, J. Ogden Armourhiredhimasacattlebuyer.Intheensuingyears,hebecametheheadofallArmour’scattlebuyingthroughouttheUnitedStates.HepurchasedhisfirstpurebredShorthornsin1908forhisThaxtonFarmsnearDundeeandElgin,IL.BrownservedasadirectoroftheInternationalformanyyears.

BROWN,CAPT.J.N.

The first to bring Shorthorns from Kentucky to Central Illinois, this prominent Illinoislivestockfarmerownedherdsandflocksthatwereamongthemostfamousofhisday.HewasanorganizerandfirstpresidentoftheIllinoisStateAgriculturalSociety.HewasborninFayette County,KY in1806,andwasanephewofCaptainWarfieldandagraduate ofTransylvaniaUniversity.Hediedin1868.

BUCHANAN,W.I.

BornonanIowafarm,hebuiltthefirstCornPalaceinSiouxCity, IAforanexclusivecornshow. He later became Chief of Agriculture at the Columbian Exposition in 1893, U.S.MinistertotheArgentine,andDirectorGeneralofthePanAmericanExposition,andwasthefirstAmericanMinistertotheRepublicofPanama.Hediedin1909.


BUEL,MONSONPARKER

BornatCroton,LickingCounty,OHin1945.Afterworkingonhisfather’sfarm,hewasinthebankingbusinessinthewestforafewyears.HeestablishedhimselfinChillicothe,MOasabuyerandhandleroflivestock.Heenteredthelivestockcommissionbusinessin1876inSt.Louis,MOandin1887wasafoundingmemberofthecommissionfirmofEvans,SniderandBuelinChicago,whichheheadedupfor25yearswithofficesonhalfadozenmajormarkets.ForyearshewasadirectorandpresidentoftheChicagoLivestockExchangeandwasanimportantfigureinthedevelopmentoftheresidentmembershipoftheSaddleandSirloinClub.

BUNN,JOHNW.

For39yearstreasureroftheIllinoisStateBoardofAgriculture.HealsoservedastreasurerofthefirstAmericanFatStockShowheldinChicagoundertheauspicesofthatBoard.BornHuntertonCo,NJ1831.When9,hemovedwithhisparentstoSpringfield,ILandattendedpublic schools. He showed interest in business affairs and methods at an early age. HebecamepresidentoftheIllinoisWatchCo,washeadofawholesalegrocerybusiness,bothinSpringfield. HewasatreasurerofashoecompanyinChicago.HehadacquiredsomeexcellentfarmlandnearSpringfieldbutcouldnotpersonallyoperate itbecauseforthreedecadeshedevotedhisenergytopublicaffairs.In1867hewasappointedtreasureroftheUniversityofIllinois.

BURNETT,DEANEDGARALBERT

AsDeanofAgriculture(1909-1927)andlaterasChancelloroftheUniversityofNebraska,hewasinstrumentalinbuildingthereputationofthatinstitution.BornHartland,MI(1865-1941),BS1887andDSc1917MichiganStateAgrCollege(MSU),LLDNebraskaWesleyanUniversity 1933. An assistant Michigan State Agr College, Professor Animal HusbandrySouthDakotaStateCollegeandUniversityofNebraska.HedirectedtheNebraskaAgrExpSta.HewasamemberoftheAmericanEducationalCorps,AEFUniversity,Beaune,France.HeauthoredvariousbooksofNebraskaAgrExpSta.Hisportraitwasaddedtothegalleryin1930.

BURNETT,CAPT.SAMUELBURKE

ProminentTexasbankerandrancherwhobredandexhibitedfeedercattle.Born1849inBatesCo,MO.FamilymovedtoDentonCo,TXwhere“Burk”startedridingrangeat10.At17hehiredoutforhisfirstdriveuptheChisholmTrailtoAbilene,KS.Ayearlaterheheadedhisfather’s1700headdrivetoAbilene.Heestablishedthefamous6666brand,reportedlywoninapokergame.HemovedhisoperationtoWichitaCoonaranchcosting25centsanacre.Intheearly1900’s,heenlargedhisranchholdingsto400,000acreswithheadquartersinGuthrie,TX. He was a charter member Cattle Raisers Assn., later Texas and Southwestern CattleRaisersAssn.,servedasitstreasurer38years.PresidentFortWorthStockShowfor14years.DirectorandmajorstockholderFirstNationalBank,FortWorthfrom1877.Died1938.


BUTLER,DR.W.J.

MontanaStateVeterinarianandlongtimedirectoroftheInternationalLivestockExposition.BornBowling,Scotland1881hecametotheUSwithparentsin1889.AfterhighschoolinBrooklyn, he graduated from Veterinary School of New York University in 1903. In 1904hewasappointedadeputystateveterinarianofMontanaandStateVeterinariannineyearslater.Inthispositionfor35years,heexertedatremendousinfluenceonthewelfareandimprovementofthecattleindustryofMontanaandtheentireWest.HisleadershipwiththeState Livestock Sanitary Board, Veterinary Board, Milk Board, Stallion Registration Board,EntomologyBoard,LivestockProductionCreditAssn.andothergroupswasexemplary.In1938hewasofficialUSdelegatetoInternationalVeterinaryCongressinZurich.Hediedin1948.

BUTZ,EARLLAUER

Bornin1909atAlbion,IN,heearnedbothhisBSAandPhDdegreesatPurdueUniversity.He joined the Purdue faculty in 1937 and subsequently became head of its AgriculturalEconomicsDepartmentin1946andDeanofAgriculturefrom1957to1967.HeservedasDeanofContinuingEducationandVicePresidentofitsresearchfoundationfrom1968to1971.PresidentNixonappointedhimSecretaryofAgriculturein1971andheservedinthatcapacityuntil1976.HehadpreviouslyservedasAssistantSecretaryofAgriculturefrom1954to1957.HewaspresidentofAlphaGammaRhofrom1948through1950.FarmershaveratedhimasoneofthemostknowledgeableandeffectiveSecretariesofAgricultureinthehistoryofourcountry.Portraithungin1974.

CAINE,JOHNTHOMASIII

BornLogan,UTin1882andeducatedatUtahStateandIowaState.HewasheadofAnimalHusbandryDepartmentatUtahStatefrom1906to1914.Later,hewaswiththeLosAngelesStockyardCo.andthenappointedChiefofthePackersandStockyardsAdministration.HejoinedtheChicagoUnionStockyardsCo. in1928asapublicrelationsrepresentativeandtraveledthewest.HealsowasgenerallivestocksuperintendentoftheInternational.OnSept.1,1944hetookoverasgeneralmanageroftheNationalWesternStockShow.Inaddition,heservedaspublicrelationsrepresentativefortheDenverUnionStockyardCo.ThepopularCainemanagedtheshowfor12years.HediedinhisDenverhomein1955.

CAMPBELL,M.C.

ReveredKansasstockman;achartermemberof theKansasLivestockAssn.; it’spresident1926-27.Bornin1850,hewasraisedfifthofsixboysandthreegirls50milessouthofChicagowherethefamilydrovesteerstotheChicagomarket.In1874hewentwesttoSedgwickCo.,KSandlaterranchedextensivelywithson-in-lawJesseHarperontheCimarronRiverinClarkCo.Theyhandledlargestringsofsteersbutlaterchangedtotheproductionendoftheindustry.Hisbusinesswasextensive,Hewasafarmer,commissionmanontheWichitamarket,packer,speculator,feederandcowman.HisreputationasanindustryleaderbroughtappointmentstopositionsontheKansasLivestockSanitaryBoard,KansasLivestockShow,NationalBankofCommerceinWichitaandmanyotherrecognitions.HediedathishomeinWichitain1932


CARLYLE,WILLIAML.

HeadoftheDeptofAnimalHusbandryattheUniversityofWisconsinandsuccessivelyDeanofAgratColorado,Oklahoma,andIdaho.BornDundas,Ontario,Canada1870,onalargelivestockfarmwherehegainedmuchofhisabilityasa livestockjudge. BSAobtainedatOntarioAgriculturalCollege.In1893hebeganhiscareerasalecturerondairyingatOntarioAgriculturalCollege, institute lecturerondairyingand livestocksubjects1894-1897,thenbecameprofessorofAnimalHusbandryatUniversityofWisconsin.In1903hebecamethefirstheadoftheAnimalHusbandryDept,StateAgrCollegeofColorado(CSU).Thegrowthofthedepartmentwasrapidandin1905hewasmadedean.Later,hewasmanageroftheDukeofWindsor’sAlberta,Canadaranchformanyyears.HewasachartermemberoftheNationalWesternStockShowin1905.Hisportraitwashungin1931.

CARNES,NORRISK.

Bornin1895atRoyalton,MNhereceivedhisBSfromtheUniversityofMinnesotain1917.HewasaFieldArtilleryCaptaininWWIandreceivedtheSilverStarforgallantryinaction.HereturnedtoMinnesotaandtaughtanimalhusbandrywhilestudyingforhisMasters.In1922hejoinedtheCentralLivestockAssn.whichisreputedtobetheworld’slargestlivestockmarketing agency. In 1925 he became its manager. He was awarded the OutstandingAchievement Award by the University of Minnesota, and the Animal Agricultural AwardfortheAmericanMeatInstitute(1968).HeservedasanofficerofmanybusinessandfarmorganizationsandasamemberofadvisorycommitteesfortheUSDA.Hewasactiveinmany4-HandFFAprojects.Hisportraitwashungin1968.

CARPENTER,REID

FounderofMaxwaltonFarm(1902)nearMansfield,OHwherehewasbornin1853.WithPeterRossformedCarpenterandRoss.ThissuccessfulunionproducedmanyShorthornbreedrecords.In1908hepurchasedimportedAvalanche,incalftoWhitehallSultan.InthespringshecalvedAvondale,aphenomenalbull,thatsiredfiveInternationalchampionsandhisgetwereundefeatedatalltheleadingshowsforsixstraightyears. MaxwaltonMonarchwasGrandChampionatChicagoin1922and1923.ElectedpresidentoftheAmericanShorthornBreeder’sAssn.in1916and1919.HelaterformedanAngusherd

CASEMENT,DANDILLON

Nationallyknownbreeder,feeder,andexhibitorofHerefordcattlefromKansas.Anardentpromoterofthequarterhorse.Born1868inalogcabinnearPainesville,OH,hegraduatedfromPrincetonandobtainedanMSinlawfromColumbia.In1915hefoundedJuniataFarmnearManhattanandbecamea“hands-on”breederandexhibitorofHerefordsandquarterhorses. He also bred Suffolk Punch draft horses, Hampshire sheep and Ayrshires. HisexhibitsofcarloadsofHerefordfeedercalvesandfatcattlegarnerednationalrespect.HewasalongtimedirectoroftheInternational.ApatrioticAmerican,abrilliantwriterandaneloquentdefenderofAmericanideals.Hewasoneoflivestock’smostcolorfulandengagingpersonalities.Portraitwaspresentedtothegalleryin1939.


CHISHOLM,JESSE

Pre-CivilWartraderwhosuppliedmeatsandprovisionstofrontierfortsduringtheIndianWars.Born(1805-1868)inTennessee,hemovedtoArkansasandeventuallysetuptradingpostsnearwhatisnowOklahomaCityandWichita.ThetrailheusedbetweenthetwopostsbecametheChisholmTrail.ThistraillaterbecamethemainrouteforTexascattledrivestothenorth.BothfolkloreandhistoryhaveappliedtheChisholmnametotheentireroutefromSouthTexastoWichita,AbileneandotherrailpointsinKansas. HeprobablydiedbeforeknowingLonghornsusedthetrail.HewashighlyrespectedbybothwhitemenandIndians,oftenworkingasapeacemakerbetweentwoIndiantribesorIndiansandwhites.

CHRISTIE,DR.GEORGEIRVING

Director of the Purdue Agricultural Extension Service and later President of the OntarioAgricultural College. One of the founders of the International Grain and Hay Show. Adirector of the International Livestock Exposition. Born in Winchester, Ontario 1881.BSA Ontario Agr College 1902. BSA Iowa Agr College 1903, DSc 1925. Assistant inAgronomyIAState,AssistantSoilsandCropsPurdue.AssoAgrExtension,SuperintendentAgrExtension(1909-1920)andDirectorafter1920.StateFoodDirectorforIndianaduringWWI 1917-1919, Assistant to Secretary of Agriculture USDA, and Assistant Secretary ofAgriculture1918-1919.HewasamemberoftheAmericanLandGrantCollegeAssn.(onthecommitteeonAgrExtension,OrganizationandPolicy).Heservedonmanyimportantstateandfederalcommissionsandcommittees.

CLARK,THOMAS

Born at Didley, Herefordshire, England in 1842 he came to America in 1866. After threeyearsinthebutcheringbusiness,heboughtsomeHerefords.In1877hemovedhisherdtoBeecher,IL,wherehecontinuedhisvigorouspromotionoftheHerefordbreed.In1880heshippedtwocarloadsofHerefordstoCheyenne,Wyominginordertointroducethisbreedtotherangecountry.HeservedasaDirectoroftheInternationalLivestockExpositionandasitsSuperintendentofCattle.

CLARKE,NEHEMIAHPALMER

BornatHubbardstown,MAin1836,hespentpartofhisboyhoodinKentuckybeforemovingontoWisconsinand,finally,Minnesota.Hebecameheavilyinvolvedinmanybusinesses,especiallylumberingandhardware.HeoperatedoxtrainsfromSt.PaultotheBlackHillscarrying mail and merchandise. In the late 80’s his annual lumber sales ran over $150million.HisMeadowWoodFarmsatSt.Cloud,MNbecametheleadingseedstocksourceofClydesdales,GallowaysandlaterShorthorns.HewaspresidentoftheMinnesotaBoardofAgriculturenegotiatingpurchaseoflandandfoundingoftheMinnesotaStateFair.Hewasanotablepublicbenefactor.Hediedin1912.


CLAY,JOHN

Founderofoneofthelargestlivestockcommissionfirmsinthecountry,authorofseveralwidelyreadbooksonthecattleindustryandrangelife,bestknown“MyLifeontheRange”.Born Berwickshire, England (1851-1934). Entered early management in his twenties assupervisorofBowPark,nearToronto,Ontario.HehadunusualtalentasactivesupervisoroffundsfromScottishandEnglishsourcesforwesternrangeinvestments.HeadofallaccountswithChowchillaCattleCoofCalifornia,SwanLandandCattleCoandWyomingCattleCo,aswellasthePrairieCattleCo.HewasoriginallywithClay-RobinsonCo,whichbecameJohnClayCoonmanymarkets.HewaspresidentoftheWyomingStockGrowersAssn.andwhileoutofthecountryduringtheJohnsonCountywarsputtogetherapeacefulaftermath.PresidentoftheInternationalfor10yearsandwaselectedtotheNationalCowboyHallofFame.

CLAY,JOHNSR.

Fatherof thecommissionman,hewasoneofScotland’s leading farmersduring the lasthalfofthe19thcentury.HebredCheviot,BorderLeicestersheepandShorthorncattle.Hewasanardentsportsmanandatypicalruralsquire.WithhisexpertiseasanoperatorofanextensivefarmingoperationintheBordercountryofScotlandhewasmadeacommissionerofagriculturein1880toinvestigatetheinvestmentopportunitiesinthewesternrangecountryofAmerica.EnglandandScotlandsubsequentlyfinancedaboominacquisitionoflandforlivestockproduction.

COBB,EMERY

OneofthebusiestbusinessmenoftheMidwest,aformativespiritofWesternUnion.BornDryden,NY1831.Fatherdiedwhenhewas11butagrandfathersecuredthebestcommonschoolingandfinancedhimforacourseintelegraphyinIthaca,NY.Afterseveralsuccessfulassignments,fivetelegraphcompaniesunderhiscontrolwereabsorbedbyWesternUnionin1856andhewasmadeWesternsuperintendentinChicago.HeestablishedthetransmittalofmoneybywireandwasavaluedfriendofPresidentLincolnwhoentrustedhimtosendWarDepartmentordersduringtheCivilWar. PoorhealthforcedhisretirementtohisfarminKankakee,ILafterthewar.HerecordedhisfirstShorthornsin1870andservedasthesecondpresidentoftheAmericanShorthornAssn.whichhehelpedform.HesurvivedthefloodsofBoothandBatesandScotchfashionablenessofbloodlines.HeheldbankinginterestsinhishometownandwasontheBoardofTrusteesoftheUniversityof Illinoisfor26years. Hediedin1910.

COBURN,FOSTERDWIGHT

Kansaseditor,educator,farmerandstockraisercreditedasbeingthechiefpromoterofalfalfaintheWestandSouthwest.Born1846inWisconsin,movedtoKansasin1867andworkedasafarmlaborer,schoolteacherandfarmeruntil1880.AppointedSecretaryoftheStateBoardofAgricultureandtwiceelectedpresidentoftheKansasBoardofRegents.HewaspresidentofIndicatorPublishingCoofKansasCityandeditoroftheLivestockIndicator.HeservedasdirectorandvicepresidentofPrudentialTrustCoandCapitolBuildingAssociationofTopeka.HejudgedmanyexhibitionsandfairsincludingtheWorld’sColumbianExposition,authoredSwineHusbandry,AlfalfaandSwineinAmerica.HisabilityasawritercombinedpracticalknowledgeoffarmingandstockraisingwithexperimentstationresearchtosetnewstandardsforKansasfarmers.


COCHEL,WILBURANDREW

Head of the Animal Husbandry Dept, Kansas State College 1911-1918. Born in 1877, hegraduated University of Missouri with a BS in 1905 and joined the University staff for ashorttime.HelaterjoinedthestaffofAnimalHusbandryDeptatPurdueUniversity,thenPennsylvaniaStatebeforegoingtoKansasState.Heworkedintheareaofbeefcattleresearch,doingsomeoftheearlysilageresearchintheUS.Anastutestockmanandstrongpromoterofimprovedlivestock,anexcellentoralandwrittencommunicatorservingthelivestockindustryformanyyears.PresidentofAmericanSocietyofAnimalProduction(1916)andthesecondheadofAnimalHusbandryDeptatKansasStateCollege.HejoinedtheAmericanShorthornBreeders’Assn.astheirsouthwesternrepresentative.HelaterbecameeditoroftheweeklyKansasCityStarandservedinthiscapacityfor20years.Hisportraitwashungin1937.

COFFEY,WALTERCOSTELLA

Dean of the College of Agriculture, University of Minnesota and later president of thatinstitution.Wrotealeadingtextonsheephusbandryandjudgedsheepatleadingshows.DirectoroftheInternationalLivestockExposition.HeservedaspresidentoftheAmericanSocietyofAnimalSciencein1921and1922.Hewasbornin1877andhisportraitwashungin1936.

COLE,DR.LEONJACOB

As geneticist at the University of Wisconsin he applied pure science to practical animalbreeding. MostofthetopmeninanimalbreedingtrainedunderDr.Cole. Born1877inAllegany,NY,hegraduated fromUniversityofMichiganandreceivedPhDfromHarvard,taughtzoologyatYaleandjoinedtheUniversityofWisconsin(1910-1947).HeheadedthenewDeptofExperimentalBreeding(laterDeptofGenetics).Numerousstudentscametothedepartmentforgraduatetrainingwherehesethighstandardsashepioneeredcombiningthe scientific approaches and practical aspects. He was a member of many learned andscientificsocieties.Inrecognitionofhisachievementsinteachingandresearchingenetics,theAmericanSocietyofAnimalProductionpresentedhisportrait to thisgallery in1939.MichiganStateawardedhimtheDoctorofSciencedegree.

COLLING,CHARLES

He and his brother, Robert, became the first great improvers of modern Shorthorns. Hedevelopedhisherdin1789atKettonHallintheTeesvalleyofNorthernEngland.Favorite,adoublegrandsonofhisfoundationcowLadyMaynard,washisfirstgreatfoundationsire.Charlespreparedthe“DurhamOx,”asonofFavorite,forpublicexhibitiontopromotetheShorthornbreed.Hedispersedhisherdin1810.


COLLING,ROBERT

WhilereceivingsomewhatlesscreditthanhisbrotherCharles,RoberthadexcellentjudgmentplustheforesighttopurchasethebullHubbach,whichbecamethefirstgreatimproverofearlyShorthorns.HeownedBrampton,amilefromKettonHall,andwasnotedfordevelopingtheWildair,RedRose,andPrincessfamiliesthere.HeproducedallofthefoundationbullslaterusedbyThomasBooth.The“WhiteHeiferThatTraveled”wasoneofhismostfamousanimals.Hisherdwasdispersedin1820.

CONNOR,J.D.

AnotedbreederofBelgiandrafthorses,formorethanfiftyyearsheservedassecretaryoftheBelgianHorseAssociation.HewasknightedbytheKingofBelgiumforhislifetimeserviceto,andpromotionof,theBelgianhorseinAmerica.

CONSTANT,ROBERTF.

ProminentShorthornbreederandcattlefeederfromSangamonCounty,IL.BornMay5,1859,BuffaloHart,Illinois,sonofJohnT.andKatherineBurnsConstant.Died1955intheBuffaloHartCommunitywherehewasalargelandholder.In1944hewastherecipientoftheBreedersGazetteawardinrecognitionofhismanywinningcarloadsoffatcattleattheInternationalandtrophieswonattheIllinoisandotherstatefairswithhiscattleandotherfarmproducts.AchartermemberofSangmonCountyFarmBureau,50-yearmemberCornlandMasonicLodgeandcommunityleader.Hisportraitwaspresentedin1950.

COOK,A.B.

ProminentMontanaHerefordbreederandrailroadcontractor.BorninWisconsin(1864-1928)wentwestin1883.FromranchworktobaggagemasterintheNPrailroadstationinHelenatotherailroadcontractingbusiness. HestartedhisvastranchingandpurebredHerefordenterprisewiththe“FlyingU”nearBynum,MTwith60headofpurebredcowsandthebullBeauCarlos.Cook’sholdingsincreaseduntilhehad30,000acresinMeagherCoalone.Hewasamasteratselectingresponsible“takecharge”ranchmanagers.TheirHerefordshowwinningsincludeanInternationalgrandchampionbull,twograndchampionsattheAmericanRoyaland11grandchampionsbetween1914-1927atDenver.After10dayspreparation,theherdwasdispersedin1928,over2000headbrought$453,700.Injustoveronemonthhewasdead.HewasamemberoftheInternationalBoard.


COOLIDGE,CALVIN

The 30th President of the United States (1923-1929). He was the first President to visitthe International Livestock Exposition. Born (1872-1933) in Vermont, he graduated fromAmherstcumlaude,studiedlawandwasadmittedtothebarin1897.HeenteredlocalpoliticsinMassachusettswherehepracticedlaw.Insuccessionhewasstaterepresentative,senator,Lt. Governor, Governor and Vice President under Harding. President Coolidge advancedfederalsupportforcooperativemarketingduringtheagriculturaldepressionofthe20’s.HefurtheredfloodcontrolontheMississippi,MissouriandOhioRiversandthedevelopmentoftheColoradoRiverbasin,approvingtheBoulderDam.HisvisittotheInternationaloccurredin1924onits25thAnniversary,forwhichheauthorizedcommemorativemedals.

COOPER,COL.JOHNS.

BorninChicagoin1842. Hewasintheteamingandstablebusinessuntil1885whenheestablishedahorseandmulecommissionhouseattheUnionStockYards.Hewasthefirsttoinauguratethevendingofhorsesbyauctionandwaspresidentofthehorseexchange.HewasthemostcommandingfigureontheChicagohorsemarketduringitsmostprosperousandactiveyears.Hewasagreatpromoteroflighthorseshowsandnightexhibitions.HewasadirectoroftheInternationalfromitsinception.Hediedin1917.

COWAN,B.O.

Aprolific writer on Shorthorn cattle bloodlines and show winnings. He was the assistantsecretaryof theAmericanShorthornBreedersAssociationunderF.W.Hardingfrom1913-1922.HewasthesonofveteranShorthornbreederJohnB.Cowan.In1919,hepublishedand informative and historical volume “Record of Shorthorn Prizewinners”documentingthewinningcattleoftheleadingexpositionsfrom1900-1918.Hepreparedapublication,ShorthornCattleinMissouri,fortheMissouriStateBoardofAgriculture.

COWAN,JUDGESAMHOUSTON

Pioneerlawyerandauthorityonfreightrates,representingtheCattleRaisersAssn.(Texas)and the American National Livestock Assn. Born (1858-1928) Marion Co, TN, attendedSasquachieCollege.MovedwithfamilytoFt.Worth,joinedbrothers’firminSweetwater,TX,afterstudyandadmittancetothebarandlatersetuphisownofficeinBigSpring,TX.ElecteddistrictsurveyoroftheHowardLandDistrict,hebecameacquaintedwithcattlemenandthecattlebusiness,injusticesofbigbusinessandunfairrailroadratestocattlemen.Verysuccessfulatprosecutingcasesasdistrictattorney,hewasofferedpositionoflegalcounselforCattleRaisersAssn.,laterAmericanLivestockAssn.TheeloquentCowanneverlostacasebeforeInterstateCommerceCommissionandsecuredpassageofeverylawhepresented.


COZZENS,SAMUEL

BornatProvidence,RIin1848hecametoChicagoassuperintendentoftheDexterParkHorsemarketfortheUnionStockYards.Heoperatedhisowncoachandsaddlehorsebusinessfrom1898untilhisdeath.HewasadirectorofGlobeRenderingCo.andtheLivestockExchangeNationalBank.

CRAIG,JOHNA.

Hewasbornin1868atRussell,OntarioandstudiedatOntarioAgriculturalCollegeandtheUniversityofToronto. HewasanearlyproponentoflivestockjudgingcoursesandwhileteachingattheUniversityofWisconsinhedevelopedthelivestockjudgingscorecard. In1910hepublished“LivestockJudging”.Foureditionswereprintedthefirstyear.HewasappointedthefirstheadofanimalhusbandryattheUniversityofWisconsin.Helaterjoinedthe faculties at Iowa State, Texas A&M, and Oklahoma. He died in 1910 on his OakmereFarmnearSanAntonio,TX.

CROUCH,JEPTHA

OneofthepioneerdrafthorseimportersofIndiana.JephtaCrouchwasborninGeorgetown,KYin1843. HebecameidentifiedwiththegroupofpurebredbreederscenteredaroundthetownofLafayette,IN.In1888hemadehisfirstimportationofBelgianhorses.Intheshowyardsofthe90’s,hisexhibitsgreatlyenhancedthebreeds’popularity.WhenhissonGeorgebecameapartner,PercheronsandGermanCoacherswereadded.In1912heandhissonextendedtheirintereststoHerefords.TheypurchasedtheFrankVanNattaherduponVanNatta’sretirement.TheirshowstringsofBelgians,PercheronsandHerefordsatOhioValleyshowsandtheInternationalwereconsistentwinners.In1912and1916theyexhibitedthefirstprizesix-horsehitchattheInternational.PracticallyalltheBelgianchampionshipsattheInternationalintheearlyyearswenttoCrouch.

CROWELL,HENRYPARSONS

Formerownerofthefamous55,000acreWyomingHerefordRanch,Cheyenne,WYandheadoftheQuakerOatsCo.Hewasbestknownforhisdevelopmentofthecommercialanimalfeedbusiness.BornCleveland,OHin1855,hecontractedtuberculosiswhen17yearsoldandspentthenext8years‘outdoors’,ridingrangeandinwintersports.CrossedMohaveDesertanduptheSanJoaquinandSacramentovalleysonhorseback,andfarmedandranchednearFargo,NDandinSouthDakota.In1880theQuakerMillinRavennabecameavailable.HebuiltitintoaUSgiantthoughhisnamewasneverstronglypromoted.Adeeplyreligiousman,hediedonthewayhomefromhisChicagoofficein1944atage89.Portraithung1940.


CRUICKSHANK,AMOS

Bornin1809,the“SilentSageofSittyton”startedbreedingShorthornsin1837.TheherdfoundationwaslaidwithbullsfromCapt.Barclay.Forfifty-threeyearsheandhisbrotherAnthonysuccessfullybredShorthorns.OnlytheportraitofAmoshangs,buttheShorthorndebtisequaltoboth.Amos,abachelorlivedwiththecattle,Anthonybuiltthebusiness,christenedthecalvesandmanagedthesales.Their“ChampionofEngland”madeSittytononeofthemostfamousofScottishShorthornherds.

CUDAHY,EDWARDALOYSIUS,SR.

Founder of Cudahy Packing Company along with his brother Michael. Born (1860-1941)Milwaukee,WI,educatedpublicschoolsbeganworkingforArmourPackingCoinChicagoatage15whenhisbrotherMichaelwasmadegeneralmanagerthere.MovedtoOmahawhenPhilip D. Armour and Michael established Armour Cudahy in South Omaha. He becamepresidentofCudahyPackingCouponMichael’sdeathin1910andChairmanofitsboardin1926.Twootherbrothers,JohnandPatrick,foundedCudahyplantsinMilwaukeeandChicagoestablishingthemajorpackingfirm.

CUDAHY,MICHAEL

Founder of Cudahy Packing Company with his brother Edward A., Sr. Born (1841-1910)Callan,CountyKilkenny,Ireland.HecametoAmericawithhisparentsin1849andsettledinMilwaukee.Atage14hewenttoworkintheLaytonandPlankingtonpackinghouseandadvancedrapidly.In1875becamepartnerinArmourandCoandwasmadegeneralmanageroftheChicagoplant. Hisoutstandingcontributiontomeatpackingoperations includeddevelopingtheprocesstocuremeatunderrefrigerationinthesummerseason.In1887withyounger brother Edward A. Sr. and Philip D. Armour purchased a small packing plant inOmaha(Armour-Cudahy).In1890hetradedhisinterestintheChicagoplantforArmour’sinterestintheOmahaplantandCudahyPackingCompanywasborn.Hewasitspresidentuntilhisdeath.

CUMMINGS,W.C.

One-time president of the Drovers National Bank and Drovers Trust & Savings Bank anddirectorofForeman-StateNationalBank.Hewaswidelyknownforhisexpertiseinlivestockloans.Consideredtobethesoundestmaninhisfieldoffinance.


CURTISS,CHARLESF.

Heestablishedthenation’sfirstcountycooperativeextensionserviceasDeanofAgricultureatIowaStateCollege(ISU).BornnearAmes(1863-1946)heearnedhisBSandMSatIowaState,wasmadeprofessorofAnimalHusbandry,headoftheDeptandDeanofAgriculture(1902-1933).Apositiveadministrator,heformulatedthe4-yearcurriculuminagriculture,establisheddepartmentsofAgengineeringandAgjournalismandintroducedsoybeansandalfalfatoIowa.Hisstudentswonthelivestockjudgingcontestnumeroustimes.Aprominentlivestock judge, he bred Clydesdales, Shorthorns, Southdowns, and Berkshires on hisRockwoodFarmandwasactiveinbreedassociationactivities.PresidentofASAPandboardmemberoftheInternationalformanyyears.CurtissHallonAmescampuswasnamedinhishonor.Portraitaddedin1925.

DANIEL,DRO.G.(DAN)

Head Ext. Animal Science Dept., Univeristy of Georgia 1958-81. He was born in Paris, ARin 1920, graduated Paris, AR High School in 1940; five years U.S. Air Corps; BS UniversityofMaryland1949;MSOklahomaState1951,PhD1957;fiveyearsAnimalScienceProfessorPanhandleA&M,Goodwell,OK.Heisabuilderoflivestockprogramsforadultsandyouthwithanexceptionalabilitytoinspireandmotivatebothadultsandyouts.HeisabuilderoforganizationssuchastheGeorgiaCattleman’sAssoc.,thestateperformancetestingprogram,junior livestockshowsandbullteststations.Hejudgedcattleshowsin30states.Hewasinducted into the UGA Ag ALumni Assoc. Hall of Fame; honored as an Oklahoma Stateoutstanding graduate and received the BIFPioneer Award. He resides in Colbert, GA onPartisoverRanceandisactiveinthecattleoperation.Portraithungin2001.

DARLOW,ALBERTEDWARD

BornatStillwater,OKin1899,heearnedhisBSandMSdegreesfromtheOklahomaA&MCollegeandhisPhDinPhysiologyfromWisconsinin1942.From1919to1935heservedontheOklahomaA&MfacultyinAnimalHusbandry.From1935to1943heservedasafacultymemberatWisconsin,thelastfiveyearsasChairmanofitsAnimalHusbandryDepartment.In 1943 he rejoined the Oklahoma A&M faculty as Chairman of its Animal HusbandryDepartment,andfortenyearswasDeanofAgricultureandVicePresidentthere.HeservedasPresidentoftheAmericanSocietyofAnimalSciencein1954.HisportraitwashungbytheSocietyin1958.HewasanotedlivestockjudgeandbuiltastrongstaffatOklahomaA&M.

DAVENPORT,EUGENE

BornatWoodland,Michiganin1856heearnedhisBS,MSandMAgrdegreesatMichiganState.HethenjoinedthatfacultyasaProfessorofAgriculture.In1895hebecameDeanandDirector of the College of Agriculture at the University of Illinois. He was widely knownforhisabilitytorecruittopfacultyandtoorganizetheirworkinteachingandresearch.Hebuiltoneofthebestandlargestagriculturalcollegesinthecountry,andwasappointedtothepresidency of the University of Illinois. Published Principles of Breeding (1907). He wasgrantedhimanhonoraryLLDdegreebytheUniversityofKentuckyin1913.Hisportraitwaspresentedin1924.


DAVIDSON,JAMESI.

BorninAberdeen,Scotlandin1815heimmigratedtoCanadain1842.HewasoneoftheearliestsupportersofCruickshankShorthornbreedingandbecameamajorimporterofSittytonbloodtothissideoftheAtlantic.Hisfameasabreederwaswidespread.In1886hetookupthebreedingofClydesdalesathisBalsam,Ontarioestate.In1891,theprominent,successfulmanwaselectedtotheCanadianHouseofCommons,apositionhehelduntilhisdeathattheageof84.

DAVISON,G.HOWARD

Pioneer Shropshire breeder of the United States, agricultural journalist and stock showmanager.HegraduatedfromYalein1888,BSinAgriculture’89andDVM’90fromCornell.HeestablishedthefamedAltamontflockatMillbrook,NYandimportedhisfirstShropshiresheepfromBritainin1893.Hefoughttochangethebreedfromabigframed,slowmaturingtypetoacompact,thicklymeated,earlyfinishingtype.In1892hewaselectedadirectoroftheDutchessCo.Fair,startingalonginvolvementinlivestockshows,includingtheNewYorkStateFair,NationalLivestockShowatMadisonSquareGarden.Hewasadirector,presidentandsheepsuperintendentoftheInternational.HisvariedpositionswithHackney,Guernsey,ShropshireandshoworganizationsledhimintocorporationspublishingFieldIllustrated,ElCampoInternationalandAgriculturalDigest.

DAY,GEORGEE.

ProfessorofAnimalHusbandryatOntarioAgriculturalCollegeandSecretaryoftheCanadianShorthornAssociation.Authorofseveralbooksonlivestocksubjects.

DAY,JOHN

Ownerandexhibitorofthe“DurhamOx,”whichwasbredbyCharlesCollingin1796,siredbyFavorite,andweighed3,024pounds.Hewaspurchasedfor$1,250andoffersofasmuchas$10,000wererefused.Mr.Dayexhibitedhimforsixyearsandestimatedhisweightattenyearstohavebeen4,300pounds.


DeRICQLES,A.E.

A livestock commission man known for his work in livestock loans and as head of theAmericanCattleCompany.ProminentinthelivestockindustryofColoradoandNebraska.

DETMERS,DR.H.J.

Founder of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Ohio State University, he was born inOldenburg,Germanyin1835.HewaseducatedattheleadinguniversitiesofEurope,bothatHanoverandBerlin,pursuingagriculturalandveterinarycourses.Inthelate60’shecametotheUnitedStates.HeworkedwiththeCommissionerofAgriculture(forerunneroftheFederalDepartmentofAgriculture)oncausesofthecattleplague,contagiouspleuro-pneumonia.HewasapioneerinthestudyofhogcholerafortheU.S.governmentandservedasprofessorof veterinary science at Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, and Illinois. He died at Columbus, OH in1906.

DICK,DR.GEORGEF.

A Chicago medical doctor who developed a serum to modify the effects of scarlet feverand also did important work with livestock diseases. Head of the University of ChicagoDepartmentofMedicine(1933-1945). HeandhiswifedevelopedtheDicktestforscarletfever.Theyalsoweregrantedapatentonascarletfevertoxinthatmaybeadministeredorally.HeandhiswifewereawardedtheCameronPrizefortheyear1933.

DODGE,JAMESE.

AnativeofWisconsin,heachievednotablesuccessintheEastasabreederofGuernseyandJerseycattleandBerkshireswine.AsmanagerofEmmadineFarm,ofForemostGuernseys,ownedbyJ.C.Penney,HopewellJunction,NY,heattainedgreatrespectintheindustryasajudge,abreederofsteadfastintegrityandwisematings,aprogressivemanagerandacounselorofgreatinfluencetofellowbreedersandtomembersoftheassociation.HewasaleaderinthepromotionandproductionofGoldenGuernseyMilkunderthetrademarkoftheAmericanGuernseyCattleClub.Hediedin1934.


DONOVAN,JAMESF.

Chairman of the Union Stock Yards and Transit Co and a director of the InternationalLivestockExposition.Bornin1902hestartedhiscareerasamessengerboyin1918withF.H.PrinceBrokeragefirminBoston.HeadministeredtheCentralManufacturing’s11industrialparksinChicagoandindustrialparksinPhoenixandTempe,AZandSacramento,CA.HewasatrusteeofBentleyCollegeinMassachusettsandFranklinPierceCollegeinNewHampshire,anassociateofNorthwesternUniversityandacitizen’sboardmemberofLoyolaUniversity.HewasadirectoroftheLorettoFoundationandCo-TrusteeoftheFrederickH.PrinceTrusts.Hisportraitwashungin1965.

DORNEY,FATHERMAURICEJ.

BorninSpringfield,MAandordainedin1874.HewascurateatSt.John’sParish,asouthsideworkingclassparishinChicago.HewasthemanresponsibleforbuildingaBurnhamChurchintheshadowoftheyards.Awell-knownflamboyantfigure,aneffectivecommunityleader,heplayedanimportantroleinsettingthetonefortheneighborhoodanddominatedmuchofitsreligiousandsocialhistory.Hewasafriendofboththepackersandtheworkers.Thedoorofallpackinghouseexecutiveswasalwaysopentohim.

DORSET,MARION

Hisscientificcontributionshadmanyapplicationsinthelivestock,meatanddairyindustries;mostnotablewashisanti-hog-choleraserum(withDr.Nilesof Iowa). Born inColumbia,TN in 1872, received his BS at University of Tennessee, and MS at George WashingtonUniversity, an honorary DVM from Iowa State. In 1904 became chief of the BiochemicalDivisionoftheBureauofAnimalIndustry.Hisresearchincludedimprovingkeepingqualitiesofmeats,anewtuberculinusedintuberculosiseradicationwork,aharmlessfluidforstampingmeatsandotherscientificbreakthroughs.Agenerousman,hegavehishogcholeraserumpatenttothegovernment.Hefoundedorassistedintheformationofagenciesregulatingmeatinspection,manufactureandsaleofveterinarybiologicalproducts,fungicidesandinsecticides.Hewasamemberofmanyscientificbodiesandfrequentlypresentedpapersatnationalandinternationalmeetings.

DRYDEN,JOHN

BornnearToronto,Canada in1840. HewasaministerofAgriculture for theprovinceofOntariofrom1890to1906.HewasabreederofShropshiresheep,ClydesdalehorsesandShorthorncattle.HewasnotedforhisstabilizinginfluenceinthetroubleddaysoftheBatesdecadenceand theScottishascendancyusingCruickshankblood. Hesought to restrainspeculationandkeepopenthetradedoorsofBritain,CanadaandtheUnitedStates.JohnDrydenservedasdirectororpresidentofthethreeassociationsforthebreedshefavoredandwasmostactiveintheaffairsoftheOntarioAgriculturalCollege.HewasalsoappointedaRoyalCommissionerofAgricultureoutsideofGreatBritain.Hisdeathcamein1909.


DRYDEN,WILLA.

Son of John Dryden and noted breeder of Shorthorn cattle, he continued the Shorthornbreedingoperationsofhisfather.HewasinstrumentalinfoundingtheCanadianRoyalWinterFairinTorontoandsuccessfullymanageditfortwentyyears.HewasregularlycalledupontojudgeatmajorshowsinAmerica.

DUGGAN,CARLOSE.

An Irish-English native of Argentina, he operated more than a million acres in breedingShorthorncattle. BrotherofBernardoDuggananduncleofCarlos (Charlie)Duggan, thefamilythatownedmoreregisteredShorthorn,HerefordandAngusbreedingcattlethananyother Argentine firm. Charlie Duggan was internationally known as a judge officiatingonmanycontinentsthatbredgoodbeefcattle. HeservedastreasureroftheShorthornAssociationofArgentinaandjudgedsteersatthe1916International.

DUNBAR,CHARLES

BornOsceola,IA,March21,1875,hebeganhiscareerasacattlesalesman,wasamemberofthecommissionfirmofWaltersandDunbar.HebecameoneofthemostprominentamongthelivestockcommissionmenattheChicagoStockYards.Hewaswidelyknownandhighlyregardedamongcattleproducersofthewest.

DUNHAM,MARKW.

ApioneerIllinoisPercheronhorsebreederandimporterwhowasoftencreditedasthepremierleaderofthePercheronbreedduringhislifetime.BorninNewEnglandparentage(1842-1899)heownedandoperatedtherenownedOaklawnFarmlocatedfivemilessouthofElgin,IL,takingoverthefarmatthetimeofhisfather’sdeath.ThemanorhousewasareplicaofanotedFrenchchateau.Herecorded738Percheronsbetween1872and1900.Bytheendof1880hehadimported300stallionsand75mares.Hebelievedintheutilityvalueofthedrafthorse.Manysuccessfulsaleswereeloquenttestimoniestohissuccess.


DUNLAP,RENICKW.

AssistantSecretaryofAgricultureintheCoolidgeandHooverCabinets,anOhiofarmerandstockgrower.HewasOhioDairyandFoodCommissioner.

DUTHIE,WILLIAM

FounderofCollynie(1856),famousAberdeenshireShorthorncattlebreedingestablishment.AneighborofCruickshank(Sittyton),Duthiebought35ofthemostusefulSittytoncowswhentheherdwasdispersed.Hebecamethebreed’sgreatestbreederafterCruickshank.CollyniewascarriedonbyanephewofWilliamDuthie’snamedDuthieWebsterwhoproducedmanyoutstandingchampionsinthe20’sand30’s.ImportationofcattlefromCollyniedemonstratedamostfavorableinfluenceonthedevelopmentofUSShorthorns.

ENSMINGER,MARIONEUGENE

President and founder of Agriservices Foundation, Clovis, CA. Directed 40 annualInternationalStockman’sSchoolswithbothlecturersandenrolleesfromthroughouttheworld.Authored21books.Lecturedandconductedschoolsandseminarsonworldfoodhungerandmalnutritionin69countries.Born1908atStover,MO.CompletedBSandMSdegreesattheUniversityofMissouriandPhDatUniversityofMinnesota.HedevelopedDixonSpringsAgriculture Center. Professor (and Chairman) Washington State University of AnimalScience, University of Mississippi, University of Minnesota and University of Washington.RecipientofdistinguishedhonorsfromUniversityofMissouri,UniversityofMinnesotaandWashingtonState.ASASDistinguishedTeacher;HonoraryProfessorHuachon(China)AgriCollege; Humanitarian-of-the-Year recipient (with Mrs. Ensminger) Academy of DentistryInternational;Regent’sOutstandingAchievementAward,UniversityofMinnesota.Portraitpresentedin1985.Hediedin1998.

EVANS,ROBERTJ.

SecretaryoftheAmericanDuroc-JerseyRecordAssociationduringitsformativeyears,andfortwodecadesaleaderintheswineindustry.Atthetimeofhisdeathin1930,hewaseditoroftheDurocSentinel,presidentoftheNationalSwineGrowersAssociationandcharimanofitstypecommittee.In1904hestartedtheDurocBulletin,apioneerbreedpublication.AlongwithJerryStone,heiscreditedwithdoingmuchtoadvancethehogbusiness,especiallytheswinemeatbreeds.

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