326 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



The Bedford heifer produced one bull and 

 one heifer (Loudon Duchess 3d) to services by 

 The Priest 6246, and one bull (Loudon Duke 

 7th 10400) and three heifers (Loudon Duchesses 

 5th, 7th and llth) to services by that capital 

 Bates Duchess sire 2d Duke of Geneva 5562. It 

 had previously been agreed between Mr. War- 

 field and Mr. Bedford that the Loudon Duchess 

 name should be given to the progeny of these 

 cows. To avoid confusion Mr. Bedford was to 

 use the odd numbers and Mr. Warfield the even 

 numbers. Mr. Warfielcl's Loudon Duchess 2d 

 produced ten calves six bulls and four heifers 

 three of which were by Muscatoon 7057, two 

 by Robert Napier 8975, one by 5th Duke of 

 Geneva 7932, one by llth Duke of Geneva, one 

 by 4th Duke of Airdrio, one by 14th Duke of 

 Thorndale and one by 2d Duke of Grasmere 

 13961. Loudon Duchess 4th, one of the Mus- 

 catoon heifers, was considered by Mr. Warfield 

 to be the best female produced by either of the 

 celebrated sisters, and Loudon Duke 6th 10399, 

 afterward so famous in Missouri and the West, 

 was counted the best bull. He was sold to Mr. 

 J. G. Cowan of Missouri for $3,000 in 1872, a great 

 price for that time. 



We have already alluded to the fact that dur- 

 ing the great expansion of the Short-horn trade 

 following the Civil War a prejudice was unfor- 

 tunately created by interested parties against 



