11^4 A lllbTUKY OP yUORTHOKNS IN KANSAS 



Geo. Chaiinon was another of tlie early breed- 

 ers in Dickinson county wlio raised the founda- 

 tion stock for a number of smaller herds in cen- 

 tral Kansas. His cattle were not given as good 

 develoiDment as they should have received but 

 they did well for their purchasers. 



C. M. Garver was for a munber of years rated 

 one of the best breeders in Dickinson county. 

 He owned the show bull, Royal Gloster by imp. 

 Daydream's Pride. Mr. Garver closed out his 

 herd in 1908 selling Royal Gloster to O. L. This- 

 ler also of Dickinson county. 



Mr. Thisler began breeding in 1890 and was 

 quite well known over the state. It was in 1910 

 that he decided to change his line of business 

 and engage in the production of Percherons. 

 With this object in view he sold his Shorthorns, 

 about fifty head, including the bull, Royal Glos- 

 ter to John W. Tredway, receiving in exchange 

 a lot of Percheron mares. Mr. Tredway sold 

 these cattle in the fall sale held by the Woodson 

 County Breeders Association at Yates Center in 

 1910 and several of the best cows were bought by 

 Lauber Bros, of Yates Center. Royal Gloster 

 was sold to E. S. Myers of Chanute. 



J. H. Taylor & Sons of Chapman began breed- 

 iug during the eiglities and one of their first bulls 

 was the famous old sire, (i olden Knight, ^^nr- 

 ehased from the Kansas State Agricultural Col- 

 lege at the time the college herd was dispersed 



