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Mrs. Ember jy gave $2,025 for the fine show 

 heifer 3d Gem of Eryholme, bred by Messrs. 

 Parks and sired by imp. Gen. Napier. D. M. 

 Flynn took the Vellum heifer Lady King at 

 $2,025 and the massive 1,800-lb. Cruickshank 

 Secret cow imp. Sylvia, by Champion of Eng- 

 land the great cow of the sale at $2,500. J. 

 W. Handley of Mount Vernon, la., bought For- 

 est Queen (of McMillan's breeding and sired by 

 Plantagenet 6031) at $1,550, and George Chase 

 bid off the McMillan cow Louan of Slausondale 

 at $1,100. M. Bunker, Tipton, la., purchased 

 the "crack" Kissinger show cow Bettie Stewart 

 (running to imp. Daisy by Wild) at $1,425, and 

 Mrs. Kimberly bought imp. Royal Booth (of 

 Game breeding and out of Malmsey) for 

 $1,075, Scottish Lady, by Col. King's imp, 

 Scotsman, at $1,425, the noted Kissinger Caro- 

 line (by Dashwood) show cow Russie Pierce at 

 $1,500 and Fannie Pierce of same family at 

 $1,100. C. S. Barclay took the roan show 

 heifer British Baron's Gem, by imp. British 

 Baron, at $1,000. This was a grand lot of cat- 

 tle. Many of the cows weighed from 1,600 to 

 1,800 Ibs. and were neat as well as large. As 

 illustrating the character of the demand for 

 Short-horns at this time Mr. C. S. Barclay tells 

 us that the evening after this sale he sold 

 nearly $2,000 worth of cattle, some of which 

 were bought by the light of a lantern! The 



