J. W. Hyde
Altoona, Kansas
About 1920

Mr. Hyde, the oldest breeder in Wilson county, was born and raised on a Shorthorn farm and his sons and daughters are getting into the business.  He has been a patron of Mr. Hill and Mr. Hanna and as a result has a herd strong in Collynie blood.  He owns the excellent Prince of Collynie cow, Robinita Winsome and twenty of his forty females are her descendants.  Mr. Hyde has consistently used good, well bred bulls and has insisted on the bulls being out of heavy milking cows.  The dual-purpose Shorthorn is his object and he is succeeding, for his herd shows a lot of good sized cows of decided milking tendencies.  He is now using a bull by Master of the Dales.

Later--Mr. Hyde has just purchased several imported females, including the prize winning two-year-old Bright Gem and her bull calf of J. C. Robison and the old establishment is taking on new life.  When you count the men who have produced the profitable kind of cattle in southeast Kansas, J. W. Hyde must be named near the top.

Source: Kansas Shorthorns, A History of the Breed in the State from 1857 to 1920, G. A. Laude, 1921, Kansas Shorthorn Breeders Association Note:  This book has no other genealogical information about the subjects of the photo.