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the heifer at $2,500. The latter was bought 

 later on by Mrs. Kimberly of Iowa at the record 

 price for a Scotch female of $3,500. It thus ap- 

 pears that these two yearlings reached a com- 

 bined value of $8,000. 



Concerning Orange Blossom 18th Mr. Kissin- 

 ger says: "She was a great heifer, a splendid 

 specimen of her noble race; a very short- 

 legged, thick, heavy-fleshed animal, such as it 

 was my delight to handle. I considered her one 

 of the best heifers that ever crossed the waters 

 or was ever bred by that grand old man- 

 Amos Cruickshank."* 



In the herd of J. H. Potts & Son the Duke of 

 Richmond scored such a success both as a sire 

 and show bull that he is generally credited 

 with having contributed as much toward mak- 

 ing the reputation of Scotch sires in America 

 as any other one animal ever imported. 



In addition to the celebrated animals named 

 Mr. lies imported Missie 40th from Uppermill 

 and the heifers Flora 3d, Flora 7th and Flora 



*Orai7ge Blossom 18th undoubtedly owed her extraordinary merit very 

 largely to her sire, Viceroy, that was got by Champion of England out of 

 the great show cow Violet's Forth. The bull Knight of the Whistle that 

 sired her dam was a roan, bred by Mr. Foljambe of Osberton Hall, and got 

 by the Booth bull Knight of the Garter (23062). It will be noted that the 

 second dam was sired by the Booth bull Prince Imperial (22595). Notwith- 

 standing this fact, Mr. Cruickshank always claimed that his herd never 

 received the benefit he had anticipated from the Booth blood. His experi- 

 ence with Bites blood, as it came in through cows purchased for the herd, 

 did not induce him to place a very high estimate upon that for his pur- 

 poses. As we must accept his judgment upon both of these points so far 

 as it applies to his own work arrived at after careful trial, it seems clear 

 that Orange Blossom 18th derived her excellence from her sire's side of 

 the house. 



