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prevailing values for cattle. In March Wil- 

 liam Stewart of Illinois held a successful sale, 

 at which Mr. R. H. Austin of Sycamore, 111., 

 gave $1,900 for 1st Duchess Louan and $1,500 

 for 2d Lady of Racine. N. P. Clarke of St. 

 Cloud, Minn., entered the lists here, taking 

 among other lots Caroline 6th at $810. Dur- 

 ing this same month Col. Holloway journeyed 

 to Mr. Cochrane's and bought the 4th Duke of 

 Hillhurst for $7,000, and Messrs. Grimes and 

 Montgomery of Ohio sold the 3d Duke of 

 Oneida to Ware & McGoodwin of Kentucky 

 for $12,000. 



Glen Flora dispersion. The closing out of 

 the Glen Flora Herd of Mr. C. C. Parks at Wau- 

 kegan, III., in April drew out a great attend- 

 ance from far and near and resulted in an 

 average of $612 on 122 head of cattle. The 

 best prices of the day were as follows: $2,500 

 for Peri of Fairview from Mr. Megibben; 

 $2,000 for Oxford Bloom 4th from same buyer; 

 $2,000 for Bright Eyes Duchess 2d from George 

 Otley; $1,800 for 6th Duchess Louan from N. P. 

 Clarke and $1,600 from same buyer for Peri's 

 Duchess; $1,500 for the bull Baron Bates 3d 

 11332 from George Otley; $1,325 for Victoria of 

 Glen Flora from Mr. Megibben; $1,200 for 2d 

 Rose of Racine from H. F. Brown of Minne- 

 apolis; $1,225 for Oxford Gwynne 5th from 

 William Miller, Atha, Ont.; $1,850 for Princess 



