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A foundation herd sire for Ralph Sydenstricker
was this top-selling bull at a Treasure Acres
sale in Iowa IN 1961. From the left, Paul Benshoof,
owner of Treasure Acres; Ralph Sydenstricker; Del
Miles, Madison, MO; R.M. Beamer, Paris, MO; and John
Montgomery.
Lewis Moten holding the Bandolier bull from
Greenwell’s. From the left are Betty Jo
(
Sydenstricker) Brooks, C.W. Caldwell, True Davis
and Ralph Sydenstricker. This was during the True
Davis campaign for U.S. Senate.
Eddie Sydenstricker with his 1956
Missouri State Fair FFA Show Grand
Champion Female, Viola K.
Proud Lassie 1208, the Grand
Champion Female of the 1979
Missouri State Fair 4-H Show
for Kim Sydenstricker. Lee Ann
Sydenstricker is holding the trophy.
Chase MONTE being congratulated
on his Grand Champion Female at the
2010
Missouri State Fair 4-H Show by
Judge Chris Polzin. SydGen Blackcap
8935
had earlier been named Senior
Champion Female.
August 5, 1979-Missouri Angus Field
Day at Sydenstricker Angus Farms.
We have hosted countless field
days and tour groups over the
years. Someone once said, “It’s
really a people business. Cattle
are just the excuse.”
Eddie and Van Botkins with the
“
Cajun Queen,” perhaps the most
famous pulling tractor in her day.
She is still at work here on the
farm.
In this 1984 Missouri Futurity photo,
can you find two future presidents
and the future COO of the American
Angus Association, the future edi-
tor of the Angus Journal, and the
future largest John Deere dealer in
Missouri?
Missouri State FFA
Officers, 1957-58. Eddie
Sydenstricker, secretary,
seated fourth from left.
In 1960, Eddie also received
the American Farmer
Degree.
Eddie’s very first cow
was not an Angus.
Ben, Clarence Van Dyke and
Bill Rishel, sale manager,
just after we had pur-
chased VDAR New Trend 315
for $73,000, and just before
Clarence REMARKED, “I
didn’t think you even liked
the darned bull!”
Little did this kid from
Jackson, MO know, when
he watched “An Angus in
your Future” sometime
around 1964, that he would
someday work for the kid
starring in the film!
Scenes from our History
Photos on front cover are lifted from the film,
“
An Angus In Your Future.”
