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cattle carrying crosses of stock descended from 

 the Walter Dun importation. Inasmuch as 

 Duncan's Duke of Airdrie had such a cross, 

 those who in the later years sought to discredit 

 the Dun importation insisted that the descend- 

 ants of Mr. Bedford's London Duchesses by imp. 

 Duke of Airdrie were more valuable than the 

 descendants of Mr. Warfield's Loudon Duchess 

 2d. The absurdity of this contention is clearly 

 shown by the fact that, judged by the stringent 

 requirements of the show-yard, Mr. Warfield's 

 Loudon Duchesses were even better individuals 

 than those bred by Mr. Bedford. While Lou- 

 don Duchess gained twelve first prizes, Mr. 

 Warfield's Loudon Duchess 2d won fifty-six, 

 some of them gained at the State fairs of Ohio 

 and Indiana. The female calves of Loudon 

 Duchess won while in the hands of Mr. Bedford 

 five prizes, but Mr. Warfield's Loudon Duchess 

 4th alone won fourteen and his Loudon Duchess 

 6th alone won over forty. There was always a 

 friendly rivalry as to the merits of the original 

 cows between Mr. Bedford and Mr. Warfield, 

 but it is self-evident that there was no founda- 

 tion whatever for any assumption of superior 

 value in behalf of the Bedford line of breeding. 

 Mr. Warfield was the first to secure extraordi- 

 nary prices, selling Loudon Duchess 8th to Mr. 

 J. F. Cowan of Virginia for $2,500 and Loudon 

 Duchess 6th to W. H. Richardson of Kentucky 



