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Ludlow of Monroe, Wis., for $800 along with 

 her fifteen months' calf at $600. Water Witch 

 also came to the States at $700, and a fifteen 

 months' calf from Matchless 16th was sold to 

 C. Jordan of Iowa at $500. 



In August, 1873, Mr. Davidson imported 

 Mysie 37th and a pair of Orange Blossoms 

 and in 1874 received the first large shipment 

 ever forwarded from Sittyton, consisting of 

 twenty head. This transferred to America 

 some of the most valuable blood of the Cruick- 

 shank herd, and from it have descended a large 

 number of the best Cruickshank cattle con- 

 tained in the breeding herds of Canada and the 

 Western States. It included such animals as 

 the Butterflys 36th, 43d and 44th, Acorn 2d, 

 Red Lady, Mysies 35th and 36th, Autumn Lady, 

 Coral, Village Girl, Rosemary, Flora 6th, 

 Golden Galaxy, Evening Star, etc., besides the 

 bull Framework (33964). Soon after this im- 

 portation was landed Dr. Noel of Nashville, 

 Tenn,, visited Mr. Davidson and purchased two 

 of the Sittyton heifers for $1,800, one of which 

 gave rise to the family since known as the 

 Tennessee Orange Blossoms. It was about this 

 time that Mr. J. H. Kissinger was at the zenith 

 of his career in the American show-yard, and 

 in 1875 he was allowed to select some of the 

 "plums" of this importation for the purpose 

 of strengthening his show herd and the Cruick- 



