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liis operations for a longer time he would doubt- 

 less have been classed as a very successful Short- 

 horn breeder. Tlie herd was dispersed at public 

 sale in 1911. 



Another Brown county herd was that of D. E. 

 Eeber. 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 

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

 Tebo Lawn herd and that of Bellows Bros. 

 From tlie latter he secured Diamond Emblem, 

 the liigiiest priced bull of his year in the Bellows 

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

 CoUynie. The herd was dispersed about 1915, 

 Diamond Emblem going to T. J. Dawe & Son 

 of Doniphan county who exliibited him at lead- 

 ing western state fairs winning numerous first 

 prizes and cham2:)ionships. 



E. D. Ludwig of Sabetha, either accidently or 

 from j^revious knowledge, purchased a bull that 

 later became national^ famous as the sire of 

 mmierous state fair, American Royal and Inter- 

 national champions. Barmptou Knight, one of 

 the great bulls of the ])reed, sired a lot of calves 

 in Mr. Ludwig 's hei'd that made such a favorable 

 impression on Tomson Bros, that they decided to 

 buy and did buy the old l;)ull at the Ludwig dis- 

 persion. There is little else to say about this herd 

 foT' Barmpton Knight was virtually the whole 

 lierd, as a bull of his cpialitj- alwaj's is, and Mr. 



