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an able lawyer and a neighbor and kinsman of 

 Mr. Warfield, having expressed a desire for a 

 good Short-horn heifer to grace his spacious 

 lawn, Mr. Warfield purchased for him at a sale 

 held by Mr. R. A. Alexander in 1856 Miss Wiley 

 4th, sired by 2d Duke of Athol (11376) out of 

 imp. Miss Hudson, at $470, which, we believe, 

 was the highest price of the day. Mr. Warfield 

 was to direct her breeding and was to take each 

 calf at six months of age at $300. He believed 

 that as she promised to make a big, large-framed 

 cow good results would follow her mating with 

 the finely-finished imp. Duke of Airdrie (12730). 

 The first calf proved to be the red bull regis- 

 tered as Loudon Duke 3097, whose name was 

 derived from the title of Mr. Hunt's farm. In 

 the meantime Mr. Hunt suggested that Miss 

 Wiley 4th be bred to imp. St. Lawrence (12037), 

 that had been imported by Mr. Thorne of New 

 York and purchased by Elisha Warfield. Mr. 

 William Warfield objected to this cross on 

 the ground of incompatibility of type, but Mr. 

 Hunt insisted upon trying it, releasing Mr. 

 Warfield from any obligation to take the calf 

 if not satisfactory. The experiment was a fail- 

 ure and the bull calf that resulted was steered. 

 The cow was then bred back to imp. Duke of 

 Airdrie, and in 1860 dropped the red heifer 

 Anna Hunt, subsequently sold by Mr. Warfield 

 to Charles M. Clark of Springfield, 0., from 



