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Bainbridge, N. Y., at $4,000. At Bush & Hamp- 

 ton's sale Abner Strawn of Illinois gave $2,050 

 for Geneva Rose. At J. V. Grigsby's no less 

 than thirteen head sold in the four figures; the 

 Hamiltons of Mount' Sterling, Ky., took Sharon 

 Rose at $3,400; Col. Simms bought Geneva 

 Rose at $2,325, and W. C. Vanmeter several 

 high-priced lots. The $1,000 mark was also 

 passed several times at the sales of Robinson, 

 Bean and the Hamiltons. In connection .with 

 Ay res & McClintock's sale August Whitman 

 sold two Princesses (Tuberoses) to T. L. Mc- 

 Keen of Easton, Pa., for $2,750. 



During 1876 there were sold at auction sale 

 in America 4,014 animals for $1,366,805, an av- 

 erage of $341.28. Of these 1,151 head were sold 

 in Illinois for $395,005, 1,011 head in Kentucky 

 for $373,830, 751 head in Iowa for $232,475. 

 The general average was $41 below that for 

 1875. In Great Britain 2,802 head were sold 

 at auction for $728,270, an average of $260 

 each. 



B. B. Groom & Son shipped six more Renick 

 Rose of Sharons this year to England, and also 

 sold the 6th Duke of Kirklevington (30182) to 

 J. R. Shelley of Freeport, 111., for $5,000. An- 

 other event of general interest this season was 

 the removal of Messrs. A. M. Winslow's Sons 

 (Henry and Peleg), with their herd of Prin- 

 cesses, from Putney, Vt., to Kankakee, 111. 



