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his operations for a longer time he would doubt- 

 less have been classed as a very successful Short- 

 horn breeder. The herd' was dispersed at public 

 sale in 1911. 



Another Brown county herd was that of D. E. 

 Reber. Mr. Reber began buying a few Short- 

 horns soon after 1900 some of which were se- 

 cured locally but he also patronized the herds of 

 P. O. Lowden and M. E. Jones of Illinois, the 

 Tebo Lawn herd and that of Bellows Bros. 

 Prom the latter he secured Diamond Emblem, 

 the highest priced bull of his year in the Bellows 

 Bros, sale and a son of the noted cow, Emily by 

 Collynie. The herd was dispersed about 1915, 

 Diamond Emblem going to T. J. Dawe & Son 

 of Doniphan county who exhibited him at lead- 

 ing western state fairs winning numerous first 

 prizes and championships. 



E. D. Ludwig of Sabetha, either accidently or 

 from previous knowledge, purchased a bull that 

 later became nationally famous as the sire of 

 numerous state fair, American Royal and Inter- 

 national champions. Barmpton Knight, one of 

 the great bulls of the breed, sired a lot of calves 

 in Mr. Ludwig 's herd that made such a favorable 

 impression on Tomson Bros, that they decided to 

 buy and did buy the old bull at the Ludwig dis- 

 persion. There is little else to say about this herd 

 for Barmpton Knight was virtually the whole 

 herd, as a bull of his quality always is, and Mr. 



