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made good, and that previous values had now returned with a new 

 demand and widely extended market for their animals. So stood the 

 Short-horn animals of our country at the close of the year 1865. 



After the civil war was ended a few importations were again made 

 by some of our enterprising breeders. Mr. James O. Sheldon, of 

 Geneva, N. Y., previously mentioned, in the year 1859, imported the 

 bull Grand Duke of Oxford, 3988 (16184), and the cow Miss Butter- 

 fly, by Master Butterfly (14918), both of which he bred in his herd. 

 He had previously become possessed of several animals from the fine 

 herd of Mr. Thorne, and to them had added extensive purchases 

 from the herd of Mr. Alexander, of Kentucky, and soon afterwards 

 of the entire herd of Mr. Thorne. In the year 1868 or '69, he im- 

 ported eight heifers, selected from some of the best herds in England. 

 The pedigrees are recorded in the later volumes of the American 

 Herd Book, and several of them afterwards passed, at the final sale 

 of his herd, into the hands of Messrs. Walcott and Campbell, New 

 York Mills, Oneida county, N. Y. 



Messrs. Walcott and Campbell, who had a few years previous be- 

 come possessed of many good animals, and in 1870 purchased the 

 large herd of Mr. Sheldon, some 70 or 80 in number, about the same 

 time, or previously, made several valuable importations bulls and 

 cows from Mr. Thomas C. Booth, and other noted English breeders. 

 They were purchased without regard to prices, so that their qual- 

 ities were of a high order. One of the cows, Bride of the Vale, was 

 bred by and purchased of Mr. T. C. Booth, at the price of 1,000 

 guineas, but on the express condition that she was to be taken to 

 America, as Mr. Booth would not part with a female of her tribe to 

 be retained in England. Their importations of several choice selec- 

 tions were continued until into the year 1871, and are recorded 

 in Vols. 10 and u, American Herd Book. 



In 1871, Mr. Lewis Hampton, and some associates, of Clark county, 

 Ky., went to England and selected several valuable cows and heifers 

 from different breeders there, and brought them out as fresh crosses to 

 their already valuable herds. They were sold at auction a few weeks 

 after their arrival in Kentucky, mostly among the associates, and their 

 pedigrees are recorded in Vol. n, American Herd Book. 



In the same year Mr. Edwin G. Bedford, of Bourbon county, Ky., 

 also sent out and purchased (through Mr. John Thornton, of Lon- 

 don) several valuable cows and heifers on his own individual account, 

 which he adopted into his long established home-bred herd. Their 

 pedigrees may be found in Vol. n, American Herd Book. 



