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Jeff Bridgford (Missouri), et al., were buyers of 

 cows and heifers. The ten-year-old 7th Duke 

 of Airdrie was bought by W. B. Dodge, Wauke- 

 gan, 111., at $500, and the roan bull calf Chief 

 Napier a " J" Princess by imp. Gen. Napier- 

 was taken by E. W. Mills, Sullivan, 111., at $800. 



The great trade of 1872. During the year 

 1872 exportations at high prices to Great 

 Britain were renewed on a still more extensive 

 scale, and the domestic trade was vastly in ex- 

 cess of anything previously recorded, no less 

 than 1,014 head of Short-horns being sold at 

 auction in the United States during the year 

 for $317,256, an average of $313 each. This, 

 of course, does not include the great list of 

 transfers at private sale. 



Richard Gibson, who was now located at 

 London, Ont., went to Woodburn in April and 

 bought the 8th, 13th and 14th Duchesses of 

 Airdrie for export to Cheney of Gaddesby Hall. 

 Along with the Duchesses he sent the Princess 

 cows Primula (bred by A. B. Conger), Lady 

 Wellington and Lady Sale of Putney (both 

 bred by Messrs. Winslow of Vermont), the 

 Gwynne cow Lady Susan 3d and heifer calf 

 (bred by Mr. White of Framingham, Mass.), 

 and the Constance heifer Rosina, bred by 

 Cowan of Canada. 



Lord Dunmore again drew upon America, 

 ordering from Hill'hurst the Booth-bred bulls 



