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Brown organized and directed the notable im- 

 portation from England listed on page 276, se- 

 curing for his own herd the $3,025 cow Rachel 

 3d, the $1,325 roan heifer Western Lady and an 

 interest in the bull King Alfred (14760). The 

 Grove Park Herd was shown with more or less 

 regularity at the Morgan and Sangamon County 

 Fairs until the establishment of ihe Illinois 

 State Fair in 1853 and the St. Louis Fair in 

 1856. 



Capt. Brown's brother, Judge William Brown 

 of Jacksonville, was a partner in some of these 

 earlier operations, and Col. G. M. Chambers of 

 Jacksonville was also associated with him in 

 the purchase of stock brought from Ohio. His 

 neighbor and kinsman, Hon. J. D. Smith, also 

 began breeding Short-horns during this period, 

 and at a somewhat later date Judge Stephen 

 Dunlap of Morgan County founded a herd. 

 Prior to 1840 Messrs. E. B. Hitt & Bro. introduced 

 Short-horns into Scott County, and in that same 

 year Messrs. Samuels and Forsythe brought 

 in what was afterward the foundation herd of 

 the Messrs. Dunlap. In 1853 Messrs. Calef and 

 Jacoby shipped some good Short-horns into Il- 

 linois from Kentucky, the latter making a fine 

 exhibit at the first Illinois State Fair. In this 

 connection it may be stated that prior to 1856 

 Messrs. Calef and Jacoby had acquired and fed 

 100 head of high-grade Short-horn steers that 



