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pion of England. Mr. Cruickshank must have 

 parted with this richly-bred consignment with 

 extreme reluctance, but he never did a better 

 stroke of business, so far as building up Ameri- 

 can trade was concerned, than when he for- 

 warded these to Illinois. Many of the best 

 show and breeding cattle of the past twenty 

 years in this country have carried the blood of 

 this Robert Milne importation. 



Lowman and Smiths' importations. Rank- 

 ing well up with the Robert Milne purchases, 

 and exceeding the Kelvin Grove lot in numbers, 

 the shipments of Sittyton and Uppermill stock 

 made by Mr. Davis Lowman and Messrs. Smith 

 of Toulon, 111., in 1875 and 1876 hold a place in 

 Western Short-horn history second to few other 

 importations of the century. The first lot, 

 brought out in June, 1875, included the roan 

 Lovely 18th, the red Butterflys 45th and 46th 

 from Mr. Cruickshank's, and Missie 35th, Goldy 

 18th and Red Lady 3d from Mr. Marr's, beside 

 Geraldine 7th, bred by J. Cochrane of Little 

 Haddo. Mr. A. J. Dunlap of Galesburg, 111., 

 bought Lovely 18th at $1,010 and Butterfly 46th 

 at $850. For Red Lady 3d Messrs. Pickrell gave 

 $1,200, and for Missie 35th Edward lies paid 

 $635. Butterfly 45th and Goldie 18th were sold 

 to John Bond, Abingdon, 111. The shipment of 

 1876 included Orange Blossom 25th from Sitty- 

 ton, that was sold to L. Hanna of Waveland, 



