262 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



the best cows of her time in this country. She was exceptionally 

 broad, deep and compact, carried a great wealth of flesh, was neat 

 in her bone and a capital milker. She was shown with success at 

 th# Ohio fairs and produced several good calves, including De- 

 lightful already mentioned. 



Roman 13th, a roan cow bred by Mr. Wilkinson and sired by 

 Will Honeycomb (5660) , possessed great scale and commanded the 

 next highest price $1,EOO from Jacob Pierce. She produced the 

 bull Champion, by New Year's Day, that won sweepstakes at the 

 Ohio State Fair of 1858 as best bull of any age or breed, being at 

 that time only eighteen months old. 



Easter Day, a roan yearling heifer bred by Mr. Fawkes and 

 sired by Lord Marquis (10459), was a low, thick-set, squarely- 

 built cow that was also very successful at the shows, but not a 

 good milker. She was bought at the sale by C. M. Clark at $1,125. 



Dahlia, a red cow by Upstart (9760) , was taken by A. J. Paige of 

 Clark County at $1,100. 



Zealous, a roan cow bred by Mr. Wilkinson belonging to a 

 Mason family, went to Alexander Waddle at $1,000. In symmetry 

 of form, quality of hide, hair and flesh this cow was extraordi- 

 nary. She had an abundance of long, soft hair, possessed great 

 refinement of character and was an excellent dairy cow. She was 

 one of several head bought by the agents of the company at a pub- 

 lic sale made by Mr. Wilkinson, this being the first selection made 

 from that fine old herd for America. 



Lavender 3d and Lancaster 17th heifers from Mr. Wilkinson's 

 are of special interest in this connection on account of the fact 

 that they were the earliest representatives in America of a family 

 which afterward acquired celebrity in the hands of Amos Cruick- 

 shank, and through the exhibition in the West of imp. Baron 

 Booth of Lancaster. Lavender 3d was considered a very valu- 

 able heifer and was bought at this sale by Dr. Watts, for $600, and 

 was afterward sold to Walter A. Dun of Madison County. Lan- 

 caster 17th was sold to W. D. Pierce at $900. 



The nine bulls sold for $10,700, an average of 

 $1,188.88, and the twenty females for $13,215, 

 an average of $660.75. 



From a consideration of the results obtained 

 in Ohio, Kentucky and other Western States 

 by the use of the blood introduced by the vari- 



