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iiietliods. Tdiiisdiis have ucA^cr hccii phmg'ors. 

 Evciy purchase has Ix-en carefully considered. 

 Every dollar lias heen paid out ouly wlieii it was 

 clear that the invtistment was a wise one. So 

 year after year they have clinihed a little hi.u'her. 

 There is a valuable lessou iu the hist(.)ry of this 

 firm. The path to the same success Tomson 

 Bros, have achieved is still open and opportun- 

 ities are as good now as they were for them. It 

 is ti'ue, ►Shorthorns ran no longer l:)e bought for 

 wluit they paid foi" their start; neither does the 

 beginner have t<t sell hi'; jn'oduce for from $25 to 

 $50 each as T. K. Tomson & Sons did in their 

 early experience. 



It was stated in Part I that the real history of 

 the Tonr-on herd began with (lallant Knight. It 

 is doubtful if many l:)ulls of the past two or three 

 dc^cades pr(.)ved as good sii'es of females as Gal- 

 lant Knight, though lie did not have the jjenefit 

 of gi'eat matrons as many sires of the present 

 day have. Scai'cely a year of the twelve in 

 which his get were shown iii the fair circuits but 

 that one i>v moi'e ol' his daughters claimed a 

 cliainpi(»nship. His use in tlie herd brought about 

 a unifoi'mity in tyjK' that gained wide populaiity 

 foi" the T(_)mson productions. The (lallant 

 Knight females proved of great value as 2)ro- 

 ducers and the Gallant Knight blood is still a fac- 

 tor in the Tomson herd. 



Arclier, a dark roan of generous scale, a son 



