This Month in 1859 ...

As early as 1811 the Pleasant Hill society had joint ownership with Union Village of the bull named Shaker. They also used Buzzard.  Both of these animals were prominent in the herd books of that time. In April 1859, when William Runyon and C. Todd went to Alexander's [local cattle sale] to get Sirius, it was presumably not to purchase but to make arrangements for stud service. 

from The Kentucky Shakers, Julia Neal, 1982