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ess of Springwood, and $1,000 from S. W. 

 Jacobs of Iowa for Mazurka 10th. Messrs. A. 

 H. & I. B. Day sold at Keokuk, la., on June 15, 

 West Liberty breeders proving the best buyers. 

 Messrs. Jacobs & Wilson bought the three 

 Scotch-bred females imp. Golden Drop 1st, 

 Golden Drop A. and Golden Drop B. at $1,000, 

 $1,475 and $1,275 respectively. D. Wilson & 

 Son also bought Louan of Van Buren at $1,200. 

 $17,900 for 14th Duke of Thorndale. At 

 the Kentucky summer sales of 1876 the highest 

 price ever made in America for a bull* of any 

 breed was obtained for the 14th Duke of 

 Thorndale (28459). He was sold by George M. 

 Bedford and knocked off at $17,900 to Mr. W. C. 

 Vanmeter of Winchester, Ky., bidding for Levi 

 Goff of Paris, a son-in-law of Mr. Bedford's. 

 At this same sale A. L. Niccolls of Ottawa, 

 Kan., bought $18,000 worth of stock twelve 

 head including Lady Bates 6th at $6,000, the 

 bull Imperial Bates at $3,300, and the 20th 

 Duchess of Goodness at $2,100. The security 

 tendered on his notes, however, was not satis- 

 factory and the cattle remained at Mr. Bed- 

 ford's. Mr. Embry of Richmond, Ky., took 

 Airdrie Belle at $2,750, Airdrie Belle 3d at 

 $4,050, and Oneida Belle at $2,000. At a sale 

 made by B. J. Clay, Hall & Taylor and B. F. 

 Bedford eighty-one cattle sold for an average 

 of $400. Brown and Gregg of Canada paid 



