CHAPTER XIV. 



AN EKA OF EXPANSION. 



Important events now followed thick and 

 fast. Hundreds of herds were in process of 

 formation all the way from New England to 

 the Pacific Coast. The fame of the Short-horn 

 had become co-extensive with North American 

 agriculture and the demand greater than at 

 any previous "period. To mention, therefore, 

 in detail all those who took a prominent part 

 in this broad expansion of Short-horn interests 

 would be to transcribe to these pages volumes 

 of facts and pedigrees that may best be gath- 

 ered from the herd-book records of the period. 

 We can therefore touch only upon matters 

 that fairly possessed National or international 

 interest. 



Hillhurst and Lyndale operations. Three 

 importations were made to Hillhurst in 1870, 

 aggregating some sixty-five head of cattle 

 representing the leading Bates and Booth 

 strains. In the first lot were the show cattle 

 sold to Col. King, as already mentioned. 

 Along with these Mr. Cochrane brought out 

 from Col. Gunter's Duchesses 101st and 103d 



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