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V. The New York Mills sale. 



(1) The most notable sale of Shorthorns ever held was 

 that of Messrs. Campbell and Walcott of New York Mills, 

 N. Y., in 1873. 



(2) The 108 animals sold of all ages aggregated $382,000. 



(3) One Duchess cow was sold for $40,600, the highest 

 price ever bid for a cattle beast. 



VI. Importations into Canada. 



(1) The first importation of Shorthorns was made into 

 Canada by the New Brunswick Board of Agriculture in 1825, 

 or the year following. 



(2) The first importation was made into Ontario by 

 Robert Arnold of St. Catharines in 1832. 



(3) The first direct importation of English Shorthorns 

 from Britain into Ontario was made by Roland Wingfield of 

 Guelph in 1833. 



(4) Since that time Canada has become famous as an 

 importing center and also as a breeding center of Shorthorns. 



(5) Prominent among the Canadian breeders and im- 

 porters stand out the names of Simon Beattie, Hon. M. H. 

 Cochrane and James I. Davidson. 



VII. The Hillhurst herd. 



(1) This herd was established by the Hon. M. H. Coch- 

 rane in 1865. 



(2) In 1877, thirty-two animals were exported from it 

 to England and sold by public auction at Millbeckstock, 

 Bowness, Windermere, at an average of about $2,500 each. 



(3) The tenth Duchess of Airdrie and fifteen of her 

 progeny, bred at Hillhurst and sold at different times, aggre- 

 gated more than $175,000. 



VIII. Dissemination in countries other than 

 the United States and Canada. 



(1) Shorthorns have been exported to nearly every 

 country colonized by Anglo-Saxons and also to many lands 

 where other languages prevail. 



(2) Outside of the United States, Great Britain and 

 Canada, they are most numerously found in Buenos Ayres, 

 Australia and New Zealand. 



IX. The English herd book. 



(1) The first volume of the English Shorthorn Herd 

 Book was published in 1822, by George Coates of Carlton, 

 Pontefract, Yorkshire, England. 



(2) Its proprietorship was transferred to Henry Stafford 

 in 1846, after five volumes had been published. 



