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death. The one calf of Duchess 58th was 

 Duchess 65th, that probably died young, as 

 Lord Ducie recorded the 1850 calf of Duchess 

 55th also as Duchess 65th. Of the fifty-eight 

 Duchesses old enough to breed previous to 

 Mr. Bates' death, which number includes all 

 hat lived long enough to have numbers as- 

 signed them, two (13th and 57th) are recorded 

 as having died young; one (53d) was a twin 

 with a bull, and twenty-four others (so far as 

 the Herd Book records inform us) never pro- 

 duced calves. A cross from the prolific Wild 

 Eyes tribe might have materially increased 

 Duchess fertility during the " forties." 



