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as a result of the political fight which involved 

 the Board of Eegeuts. The Taylors have been in 

 the breeding business ever since and will prob- 

 al)ly continue indefinitely, at least as long as 

 the hoys of the present family live. 



Bill & Burnham of Manhattan began business 

 by buying some of the choicest cattle at Durham 

 Park in 1878 and for the next few years they 

 added to their herd by purchase. They owned 

 the bull Viscoinit, liy the Ch-ane l)ull Knight of 

 the Purple and out of a daughter of imji. Dor- 

 othy. They also bought of Col. Harris the im- 

 l^orted Cruiekshank bull, Double (iloster. From 

 the Dryden bred Cruiekshank cow. Golden Queen 

 by Royal Barmpton, they raised a bull by 

 imp. Earl of Aberdeen that was named 2d Earl 

 of Aberdeen and used freely in the herd. Bill 

 & Burnham continued breeding until near the 

 close of the eighties. 



B. P. Lorimer of Great Bend was an active 

 breeder in the nineties and members of the Lori- 

 mer family have been producing Shorthorns in 

 Barton county until recently. 



Ewing Bros, and others of the Ewing family 

 bred Shorthorns in Barton county and adjacent 

 territory for a mnnl)er of years, producing 

 a good class of cattle which have found their 

 way into other herds. 



Geo. B. Ross of Sterling at one time owned a 

 laroe herd in Rice countv and, while it was never 



