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Spring sales of 1877. The opening sales of 

 1877 were disappointing, but at John Bond's 

 at Abingdon, 111., the Scotch-bred imp. Missie 

 39th, of Marr's breeding; brought $1,040 from 

 J. McClellari of Astoria, 111., and imp. Butterfly 

 45th, from Sittyton, fetched $1,000 from George 

 Chase of West Liberty, la. At S. W. Jacobs' 

 sale at West Liberty A. Shropshire of Monroe, 

 la., gave $1,600 for the Cruickshank heifer Vil- 

 lage Girl and $1,550 for Lucy Napier. C. Mc- 

 Cune of Solon, la., paid $1,460 for the Bates 

 cow imp. Acomb Belle, $1,200 for the Scotch- 

 bred imp. Golden Drop 2d, 11,000 for Golden 

 Drop A., and $1,120 for imp. Maid of Honor, 

 taking also the Bates bull imp. Underley Wild 

 Eyes at $700. A cross of this bull upon the 

 Golden Drops produced the branch of this 

 fine Kinellar family that afterward became 

 so celebrated in the herd of Col. W. A. Harris 

 at Lin wood, Kan. At a sale by Abner Strawn 

 at Dexter Park, Chicago, May 8 Trimble & 

 Henshaw of Plattsburg, Mo., gave $2,425 for 

 Geneva Rose, and William E. Simms of Ken- 

 tucky $1,500 for Grace 3d. During the same 

 series C. A. De Graff of Minnesota paid $3,000 

 for Peri's Duchess, and William Slater of Mass- 

 achusetts $1,500 for 7th Lady Sale of Brattle- 

 boro both sold by Bailey & Goodspeed of Wis- 

 consin. At Lippincott & Spears' sale at the 

 same place Gen. Lippincott bid off the 22d 



