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Sheet Anchor 2934 ; Rosette 5th 3698, one of the leading cows 

 in the Guernsey herd at the World's Columbian Exposition 

 in 1893 ; Esmeralda 8657, and many others of almost equal 

 note. Mr. Morton later made several other importations of 

 high-class cows, but was so unfortunate as to lose 100 head 

 of his best cows at one time by fire. 



E. N. Howell, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., imported 10 cows 

 in September, 1886, and six more in April, 1888, among them 



Imp. Buda 7178 602.7 pounds butter-fat in one year. 



being My Pet 3094, 14 pounds 8 ounces butter in seven days, 

 a daughter of Climax 48, P. S. In December, 1888, Hope- 

 well Brothers, Natick, Mass., imported 14 cows. 



J. Pierpont Morgan imported 10 head in July, 1889, and 

 in February, 1890, S. C. Kent made his last importation, which 

 consisted of 60 females and one bull, 45 of which were sold 

 at auction March 17, 1890. 



In 1891 Francis Shaw, Wayland, Mass., who at that time 

 probably had the best herd in the country, having purchased 



