488 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



appreciating fully their position abroad, be- 

 came an ardent supporter of the tribe on this 

 side, and many breeders subsequently profited 

 largely by the presence of Gwynne cows and 

 heifers in their pastures. The late Simon Beat- 

 tie offered Gibson $4,000 for one specimen of 

 the family to b_e exported to England. 



At H. P. Thomson's sale of 1875 in Ken- 

 tucky six Princesses were disposed of at a val- 

 uation of $15,725, an average of $2,620. D. L. 

 Hughes of Iowa took two, paying $4,100 for 

 Lady Sale 29th and $1,700 for 2d Tuberose of 

 Grass Hill. D. S. Pratt of Vermont acquired 

 Lady Sale 29th on a bid of $4,000. Avery & 

 Murphy paid $2,500 for Lady Sale 31st. S. V. 

 Jacobs of Iowa bought Lady Sale 36th at 

 $1,800 and John Collard of the same State be- 

 came the owner of 6th Tuberose of Brattleboro 

 at $1,625, At this sale Emory Cobb of Illinois 

 took Constance of Putney 4th at $1,950 and E. 

 Stedman of Massachusetts bought Blush of 

 Glen Flora at $2,750. The $1,000 mark was 

 passed sixteen times during the sale, the 

 ninety-six head sold fetching a total of 

 $53,070, an average of $553. 



The Trans-Mississippi trade. The summer 

 of 1875 was a season of sore trial and tribu- 

 lation to the farmers beyond the Missouri 

 River on account of the ravages of grasshop- 

 pers. Feed was in short supply in the newer 



