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or some other equally as good ; and on the side of the dam it must 

 also have descended from Old Daisy, for whom some hundred 

 guineas were refused, or some other equal in their estimation. 

 Thus you see the situation we are placed in. We must either take 

 cattle without pedigree or much of anything else to recommend 

 them or take those that have at least pedigrees, with more excel- 

 lence of form and size, at a high price. The latter was in our 

 judgment the better of the two alternatives and the one we have 

 so far pursued, and shall continue to pursue, and take fewer in 

 number." 



Having looked the ground over to his satis- 

 faction Mr. Renick selected and bought nine- 

 teen head of cattle seven bulls and twelve 

 females. Norfolk he had been unable to secure 

 from Mr. Fawkes at an alleged offer of 400 guin- 

 eas. Mr. Bates had priced his "pet beauty," 

 Duchess 33d, at 150 guineas, Duchess 34th at 100 

 guineas, and the Matchem Cow at 15 guineas, 

 but neither of those noted animals was bought. 

 It is alleged that the influence of Mr. Whitaker 

 was strenuously exerted against the purchase 

 of these two Duchesses, but as the former (bred 

 to Norfolk) became the ancestress of the costly 

 New York Mills cattle and -the other produced 

 the Duke of Northumberland it was probably 

 well for Bates interests that the Americans did 

 not take them. Mr. Renick was particularly 

 pleased with the young stock by Belvedere and 

 took four of his get two bulls and two heifers. 

 The cattle were shipped during the summer of 

 1834 to Philadelphia, whence they were driven 

 over the mountains through to Chillicothe and 

 placed upon Mr. Renick's farm. The judgment 



