102 A HISTORY OF SPIORTIIORNS IN KANSAS 



After Williams Bros. Lad disposed of the herd, 

 J. F. A'Villiams went to the Fort Worth stock- 

 yards and in 1895 E. M. Williams ent(n"ed the 

 employ of Col. Casey, being in charge of the Tebo 

 Lawn show herd until his death in 1898 or 1899. 



Mr. Householder for at least one season owmed 

 imp. Cupbearer, the grand champion bull of 

 America. Details as to the comiection <if Will- 

 iams Bros, with the exliibition of this bull ai-(! 

 meager. Householder, himself, lux'd lirile stock 

 that ever found its way to record. 



Henry Stunkel, Sumner County. — ]Mr. Stun- 

 kel's first k5liorthorns were pui'(dias('d fi'om Xon'- 

 inger A; Cain of Missouri in ]89t). The lot con- 

 sisted ot fifteen head of Jiicely bred eows witli 

 some infusion of Scotch blood. Tw(» cows were' 

 secured soon aftei'ward from Josetdi and JI. (\ 

 Duncan. What was probably f(jr some years the 

 largest herd in Kansas was built up from these 

 seventeen cows. 



Mr. Stunkel 's methods were to l^uy the best 

 bulls he could get, to raise the heifers cheaply, 

 and to kcQi) them, and to feed the young Indls 

 heaA'i!}' and sell them at profitable ])rices. The 

 result \\'as liaA'ing a cow herd no1- so attractive 

 as thcii' bi'ceding would warrant and as one 

 would naturally ex])ect 1o see ; but 1 he use ol' liigh 

 class ludls made them good producers. This 

 system w;is kejtt u]) for fitteen years and Mr. 

 Stunkel at his death was a wealthy man with 



