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sold at same place, as noted on page 712, they 

 were, as a rule, of superior individual merit 

 and brought good prices. It was claimed at 

 the time that this was the best collection of 

 Duchesses in existence on either side the water 

 a fact which was largely due to the undoubted 

 skill of the Messrs. Huston. The " plum " of the 

 females was the two-year-old heifer 8th Duchess 

 of Hilldale, that brought the long price of $6,600 

 from William Steele of Ionia, Mich. The same 

 buyer took the stock bull 2d Duke of Brant at 

 $3,000. Mr. William Wright of Detroit, Mich., 

 bought the five-year-old roan 4th Duchess of 

 Hilldale at $2,600. John Hope bid off the roan 

 yearling 12th Duchess of Hilldale at $3,000. 

 H. C. G. Bals of Indianapolis took the red heifer 

 calf 14th Duchess of Hilldale at $2,250. For the 

 red-and-white six-year-old cow 3d Duchess of 

 Hilldale Messrs. Flynn & Elbert, Des Moines, 

 la., paid $2,050. W. H. Carlyle, Plymouth, 0., 

 secured the four-year-old 6th Duchess of Hill- 

 dale at $1,950. B. C. Rumsey of Buffalo took 

 the red-roan yearling llth Duchess of Hilldale 

 at $1,800. T. C. Anderson, Side View, Ky., got 

 the matron of the tribe, the ten-year-old 7th 

 Duchess of Hillhurst, at $1,700. W. W. Ben- 

 ton, Mendon, 111., bought the roan heifer calf 

 13th Duchess of Hilldale at $1,550. John Hope 

 took the red bull calf 16th Duke of Hilldale at 

 $1,650. G. H. Barnett of Pennsylvania bought 



