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Airdrie Duchesses at $18,000 each. Mr. 



Fox, the English buyer of the Mazurkas at 

 this sale, bought privately from Mr. A. J. 

 Alexander that excellent bull 24th Duke of 

 Airdrie for $12,000, and the 20th Duchess of 

 Airdrie at $18,000 for exportation, and from 

 Gen. N. M. Curtis of Ogclensburg and James W. 

 Wadsworth of same place a number of Prin- 

 cesses. About this same time Mr. Alexander 

 sold to E. H. Cheney of England the 16th 

 Duchess of Airdrie for $17,000. 



At a sale from the herd of Mr. Cochrane, held 

 in June, 1875, at Toronto, Airdrie Duchess 5th 

 was bought by Avery & Murphy for $18,000, 

 arid the 5th Duke of Hillhurst by Mark S. 

 Cockrill of Tennessee for $8,300. 4th Louan of 

 Slausondale was taken by B. B. Groom at 

 $2,850. Messrs. Beattie & Miller sold some cat- 

 tle at high prices at same time, receiving $3,000 

 for Princess of Oxford 4th, a like sum for Prin- 

 cess Maud, $2,200 for Princess of Raby, $2,700 

 for Surmise Duchess 5th, $2,400 for Surmise 

 Duchess 10th, $3,100 for Duchess of Raby, 

 $4,600 for Kirklevirigton Princess 2d, $4,025 

 for Kirklevington Duchess 8th, and $2,300 for 

 Careless 8th thirty-four females averaging 

 $1,226 each. 



Another important transaction in the spring 

 of 1875 was the purchase by Avery & Murphy 

 of the entire high-priced herd of Col. L. G. 



