A GOLDEN AGE. 



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Cruickshank Butterflys and a Missie from the 

 herd of Mr. Marr of Uppermill; but of these 

 more anon. 



Another Renick exportation. Prominent 

 English dealers in cattle of the Bates blood 

 continued to set a high valuation upon Mr. 

 Renick's Rose of Sharons, and in August, 1875, 

 an additional shipment selected by Simon Beat- 

 tie, consisting of seven cows and heifers, was 

 made on an order from Earls Dunmore and 

 Bective at a reported price of $25,000. The 

 Dunmore purchase consisted of the roan cow 

 Poppy 5th, by 13th Duke of Airdrie; Norah 7th, 

 by 4th Duke of Geneva, and Duchess 17th, by 

 same sire, which were in England christened 

 respectively Red Rose of Luskentyre, Red Rose 

 of Dalmally and Red Rose of Killigray. Lord 

 Bective took for his herd at Underley Hall 

 Rosebud 10th, Duchess 16th and Lenora 2d, all 

 by 4th Duke of Geneva, and Poppy llth, by 

 Airdrie 3d. These were also given titles on the 

 other side, in the order mentioned, to corre- 

 spond with the English Red Rose nomencla- 

 ture as follows: Red Rose of Tweeddale, Red 

 Rose of Annandale, Red Rose of Nithsdale and 

 Red Rose of Eskdale. 



North Elkhorn (Ky.) importation. On Oct. 

 16, 1875, a sale of seventy-nine head was made 

 by the North Elkhorn Co. in Kentucky, which 

 resulted in an average of $652 per head. This 





