140 HISTORY OF THE SHORT-HORNS. 



CAMBRIDGE ROSE TRIBE. 



i Cow, 47 55. 



I Heifer, 73 10 



i Heifer Calf, 26 5 



3 147 o Averaging $245 each. 



WILD EYES TRIBE. 



9 Cows, ,328 135. 



7 Heifers 430 10 



2 Heifer Calves 64 i 



4 Bulls, 254 2 



3 Bull Calves, 126 o 



25 ,1203 6 Averaging $241 each. 



Of the bulls of the Wild Eyes tribe, Balco (9918) [by 4th Duke 

 of York (16167)], then 15 months old, sold for $813. He was after- 

 wards purchased by Col. Morris, of Mt. Fordham, N. Y., and brought 

 to America. 



FOGGATHORPE TRIBE. 



2 Cows, 74 iis. 



I Heifer Calf, 31 10 



4 Bulls 222 12 



7 ^"328 13 Averaging $235 each. 



Total amount of sale, 68 animals, ,4,558 is.=$22,24O average $327 each. 



What a paltry price compared with what their descendants would 

 bring now, in 1872 ! 



For a herd sustaining the reputation which it had acquired under 

 the long-continued management of Mr. Bates, aside from the adverse 

 circumstances which we have related, the above prices will be con- 

 sidered remarkably low ; but it must be remembered that all agricul- 

 tural values were at a low ebb in England, and cattle of the better 

 breeds had sunk to their minimum depression. Mr. Bates' executor 

 was also but little practiced in cattle management, and the herd had 

 been measurably neglected, both in care and appearance, from what 

 they would have been had their old master been living. Yet most 

 of the animals fell into good hands, who well appreciated their value, 

 and in the space of a few years rose to a reputation, and brought 

 prices never before reached in England. 



