390 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



14th Duchess of Geneva and the bull calf 9th 

 Duke of Geneva for the lump sum of $12,500; 

 and at the same time the roan bull calf 8th 

 Duke of Geneva was exported to Messrs. Har- 

 ward & Downing at $4,000. 



Walcott & Campbell. While Mr. Sheldon 

 was thus acquiring international position in 

 the Short-horn trade Messrs. Walcott & Camp- 

 bell, proprietors of the extensive New York 

 Mills Sheeting Factories, on the Mohawk River, 

 some two miles north of Utica, had laid the 

 foundation of the herd that was destined to 

 confound the agricultural world. The Hon. S 

 Campbell of this firm was a native of Ayrshire, 

 Scotland, who, from working at the loom, be- 

 came superintendent and eventually partner 

 in the great cotton mills mentioned. In ac- 

 quiring water privileges for the mills it had 

 been necessary to purchase some 1,400 acres of 

 rich bottom land, which the firm desired to 

 put to some profitable use. The idea of cattle- 

 breeding suggested itself, and Mr. Campbell's 

 early instincts inclined him naturally to the 

 dairy breed of his native county. He first 

 turned his attention, therefore, to Ayrshires, in 

 partnership with Mr. James Brodie, a Scotch- 

 man who had also imported, in connection 

 with a Mr. Hungerford, a few Short-horns, 

 among which were two cows and a bull from 

 the herd of J. Mason Hopper. These cattle 



