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present day. Often ten or twelve first-class 

 herds and twenty to forty animals would show 

 in single rings, and all of them good ones. He 

 was the first-prize bull calf at the Ohio State 

 Fair of 1862; sweepstakes winner at same show, 

 1863; first in his class same year at Wayne Co, 

 (Tnd.) and Indiana State Fairs; first and sweep- 

 stakes at same fairs, 1864; first prize and sweep- 

 stakes at the Ohio State Fair, 1865; first prize 

 and sweepstakes and gold medal as prize bull 

 with five of his calves at Indiana State Fair in 

 1866, and at head of prize herd at same fair; 

 first, with five of his calves, and at head of 

 prize herd at Ohio State Fair, 1866. In the 

 year 1865 he stood at the head of the herd 

 awarded first prize at the Iowa and Illinois 

 State Fairs. He was repeatedly awarded the 

 first prize at many county fairs in Central Illi- 

 nois, won first prize at St. Louis and first with 

 five of his get at the Illinois State Fair at Peo- 

 ria in 1873. 



In the herd ~of Mr. McMillan Gen. Grant 

 proved a most valuable sire, two of his get, 

 Mignonette and Wenona, bringing respectively 

 $3,800 and $3,000 at his great sale soon to be 

 mentioned. As to what he did in Illinois we 

 can do no better than to quote the language of 

 Mr. Spears: "He was a sure and good server, 

 and, allow me to sa} 7 ", the best and most uni- 

 form breeder I ever saw or ever expect to see. 



