824 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



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whose hands she passed into the possession of 

 Daniel McMillan of Xenia, becoming the an- 

 cestress of a great family of cows known as the 

 Ladys of Clark. Miss Wiley 4th had by this 

 time grown into a cow of immense scale, w eigh- 

 ing 1,700 Ibs. off grass. The development of 

 London Duke and of Anna Hunt demonstrated 

 that the cross with the fine but rather "rangy" 

 imp. Duke of Airdrie was a success, and she was 

 again sent to be served at Woodburn. This 

 time she dropped the red bull calf Duke of Ed- 

 inburgh 4724 (also known as Loudon Duke 2d), 

 that was sold to a Mr. Woodruff of Indiana. 

 The result of the next service to the imported 

 Duke was the roan bull calf Loudon Duke 3d 

 10398, sold to Mr. Wilson of Cincinnati and used 

 with success in Ohio herds. In 1863, to imp. 

 Duke of Airdrie, she dropped the red bull Lou- 

 don Duke 4th 5906, sold to Mr. Edwin G. Bed- 

 ford and afterward the property of Mr. D. S. 

 King of Ohio. During this period Mr. Warfield 

 had used the first Loudon Duke with success, 

 finally selling him to Mr. Isaac Vanmeter of 

 Clark Co., Ky. 



In 1864 Miss Wiley 4th dropped to imp. Duke 

 of Airdrie the red heifer calf destined to fame 

 under the name of Loudon Duchess. The im- 

 ported Duke having meanwhile died, it was 

 decided to breed Mr. Hunt's cow to Duncan's 

 Duke of Airdrie 2743, which Mr. Warfield con- 



