John McCoy
Brown County, Kansas
About 1920

John McCoy, a native of Ireland, came to Kansas in 1872.  In 1878 he bought his first Shorthorn cow at W. S. White's sale for $100.  In 1881 he bought a red and white bull, Craig, by Loudon Duke 6th of Cowan's and shortly thereafter he secured four cows from the Cowan herd.  "They were good ones and they would be good ones now", Mr. McCoy told me.  A succession of high class bulls was used.  With judicious care and feeding, Mr. McCoy, unhampered by fads, with only real Shorthorn quality in mind, developed his herd into one of great excellence... Mr. McCoy must be considered one of the constructive breeders of the state.  Now at seventy-nine years of age he enjoys showing the results of his efforts and telling of the bulls that did the work.  

Source: Kansas Shorthorns, A History of the Breed in the State from 1857 to 1920, G. A. Laude, 1921, Kansas Shorthorn Breeders Association
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