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" The second Duke of TLomdale lias been sold to Messrs. Howard & Robinson for 400 

 guineas ; the third Duke of Thomdale has been sold to Mr. Macintosh for 300 guineas ; the 

 Fourth Duke of Thomdale has been sold to Mr. Hales for 400 guineas ; the Thane of Oxford 

 has been sold to Ck)lonel Pennant for 250 guineas ; Imperial Oxford has been sold to Mr. 

 Lawford for 200 guineas ; 4th, Lady of Oxford has been sold to Mr. Macintosh for 250 

 guineas. These have thus averaged 300 guineas. Besides these, a young bull, Hero of 

 Thomedale, has been sold to Mr. Welch for 200 guineas. These seven animals have thus 

 fetched 2,000 guineas; and Mr. Thome has received the same he gave to English breeders 

 some years ago for their sires, the two Grand Dukes." 



In tlie report of the meeting of tlie Essex society, the third Duke of Thorn- 

 dale and fourth of Lady of Oxford, which were exhibited, but not in competi- 

 tion, were alluded to as constituting a feature of no little attraction, with the 

 closing assertion that this "American bull is a superb animal, thick, deep, fleshy, 

 and symmetrical, and of first-rate quality." 



The following are the pedigrees of the animals illustrating this article : 



SIXTH DUKE OF THORNDALE. 



Roan; calved February 3, 1862; bred by, and property of, Samuel Thome, Thomdale, 

 Washington Hollow, Dutchess county, New York ; got by 3d Duke of Thomdale ; dam 4th 

 Duchess of Thomdale, by 2d Grand Duke, (12,961 ;) g. dam Duchess — , by Duke of Glos 

 ter, (11,3)!;2;) gr. g. dam Duchess 66th, by 4th Duke of York, (10,167;) gr. gr. g. dam 

 Duchess 55th, by 4th Duke of Northumberland, (3,649;) gr. gr. g. dam Duchess 36th, by 

 Norfolk, (2,377;) gr. gr. gr. g. dam Duchess 33d, by Belvidere, (1,706;) gr. gr. gr. gr. g. 

 dam Duchess 19th, by 2d Hubback, (1,423;) gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. g. dam Duchess 12th, by 

 the Earl, (646,) gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. g. dam Duchess 4th, Tjy Kelton 2d, (710;) gr. gr. gr. 



gr. gr. gr. gr. g. dam Duchess 1st, by Comet, (155;) , by Favorite, (252;) , oy 



Daisy Bull, (166;) , by Favorite, (252;) , by Hubback, <319;) , by J. Brown's 



Bull, (97.) 



THIRD DUCHESS OF THORNDALE. 



Red; calved March 14, 1858; bred by, and property of, Samuel Thome, Thomdale, 

 Washington Hollow, Dutchess county. Now York ; got by Duke of Gloster, (11,382 ;) dam 

 Duchess 66th, by 4th Duke of York, (10,167 ;) g. dam Duchess 55th, by 4th Duke of 

 Northumberland, (3,649;) gr. g. dam Duchess 38th, by Norfolk, (2,377;) gr. gr. g. dam 

 Duchess 33d, by Belvidere, (1,706;) gr. gr. gr. g. dam Duchess 19th, by 2d Hubback, 

 (1,423 ;) gr. gr. gr. gr. g. dam Duchess 12th, by the Earl, (646;) gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. g. dam 

 Duchess 4th, by Kelton 2d, (710;) gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. g. dam Duchess 1st, by Comet, 



(155;) gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. g. dam , by Favorite, (252;) , by Daisy Bull, 



(186;) , by Favorite, (252 ;) , by Hubback, (319;) , by J. Brown's Red 



Bull, (97.) 



CHARACTERISTICS OF AYRSHIRE CATTLE. 



BY 8ANFORD HOWARD, OF LANSING, ftHCH., SECRET .\RY STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



The leading cattle-breeders of Britain have of late years, for the most part, 

 aimed to establish in their stcfck some particular property in a high degree, beef 

 or milk, acoording to circumstances, being the leading object. Hence it has 

 occurred that British cattle have latterly been classed under the heads of "beef 

 breeds" and " milk breeds." Prominent among the latter is the Ayrshire breed, 

 which originated in the county of Ayr, Scotland, and within the last fifty years 

 has been disseminated over every part of that country where dairying is much 

 practiced. 



The breed has also been established in the north of Ireland, foiining in sev- 

 eral counties the leading stock. A great number of the cows are annually 

 taken into various districts of England, while in several countries of continental 

 Europe the breed has been introduced, and is propagated with care. 



