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at the sale of Samuel Sandy in England, 115 head brought an aver- 

 age of $605. In May, 1917, at the sale of L. D. May of Penn- 

 sylvania, 39 milking Shorthorns averaged $1008, one of which, 

 White Queen, sold for $3000. On June 21, 1918, Arnold Wills 

 of Northampton, England, sold 56 head for an average of $1 140, 

 with the high price of $10,000 for the yearling bull Thornby 



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FIG. 99. Milking Shorthorn bull Waterloo Clay, weight 2300 pounds. The 



property of Flintstone Farm, Dalton, Massachusetts. Grand champion at Eastern 



States Exposition, 1917 



Premier, paid by Sir Gilbert Greenall. In October, 1918, there 

 were sold 68 dairy Shorthorns by R. W. Hobbs & Sons of Kelm- 

 scott, Lechlade, England, for the high average price of $1155. 

 The geographical distribution of the Shorthorn is most wide- 

 spread, no other breed equaling it in this respect. It is so well 

 suited to a wide range of conditions and has been so extensively 

 distributed that it has been termed " the -universal intruder." 

 It is generally found in North America ; in South America, more 

 particularly in Argentina ; in Europe, being the most promi- 

 nent breed on the British Isles, although bred to some extent on 

 the Continent ; in Australasia, where it has long met with favor ; 



