r)S() A iiis'r(iR\- OK siroirriioKxs i.v Kansas 



(iT iiiip. ( 'ollyiiic and iiiip. Circe; 3(1, was piir- 

 cliascd and i'or scA'cral years used exteiisivol\' in 

 the liei'd. JI(' possessed ^I'cat i'<)])ustriess, e.Tsy 

 I'eeding- <[uali1y, stroii*;', well covered baek, uiiicli 

 thiekness and was set on tlie best of lef^s. Tie hud 

 a I'atlier plain lioi'ii and a tendeiiey to di'oop a 

 little at tlie tail, but he p}'oved a valuable ei-oss 

 on tlie (iallant Knifi,-]it (la,iifj,litei-s. Areher was 

 the sire of Cln'istnias Lassie, eliani])ion female 

 at western state fairs and at the yVnieriean Iio>'al 

 and was sold befoi-e bis value was fully j-ealizcd. 



Willi the expansion of the business, pj]-efei-(Miee 

 was sliown I'oi' tbe more fasbionable breeding' 

 and ,uradually tliei'e have ])een di'awn into this 

 lierd I'epresentatives of the families lield in 

 lii^liest favor hy the breedej's on botli sides of 

 Ihe Atlantie, un1il at the ])i-esent time the com- 

 bined liei'd of Tomson IJi'os. which numl)ers nor- 

 mally 200 liead, represents Hiese tribes exclu- 

 sivel>'. 



Probably no sii'c u]) to tbat time ]»roved a more 

 valnal)le a('([uisition tliai) liai'mpton Knii;h1. lie 

 was an intensely bi'ed Crnickshank l)u]l by Scai'- 

 let Knight, a widely known son of (.h'a\'en 

 Kni.i^bt. Barmpton Kni^bt was bred by E. S. 

 Myei's, now liviiifj,' near Dbanute. Alteniion was 

 ;i1ti-acted in him wiiile in the hands ot his fornici' 

 owner, K. 1). LudwiiJ,', Sabetha, Kansas, where 

 bis calves showed rcnuii'kablc uniformity tliou!j,li 

 From (l;ims of all 1y])es. lie was secured and I'oi- 



