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During several years afterwards various other importations were 

 made, both into Lower and Upper Canada, of which we have been 

 unable to gather either dates of the importations, or names of ani- 

 mals brought out. Among these William and George Miller, of 

 Markham, about the year 1850, and in several years since, imported 

 a number of valuable animals chiefly from Scotland but as we 

 have had no catalogue, nor full records of their pedigrees, no partic- 

 ular accounts can be given of them. 



In the year 1855, Mr. Frederick Wm. Stone, cf Guelph, began a 

 series of importations from several noted English herds, which he 

 has continued through intervening years down to nearly the present 

 time. 



In 1859 or '60, Mr. N. J. McGillivray, of Williamstown, Glengarry 

 county, C. W., imported a bull and four cows from the herds of Mr. 

 Cruikshank, of Sittyton, and others, in Scotland. 



Mr. David Christie, of Brantford, commenced his importations in 

 the year 1864, of several fine Short-horns, chiefly from the herd of 

 Mr. Douglass, of Athelstaneford, Scotland, which he placed with a 

 thorough-bred herd established by him some years earlier. He has 

 since added to his importations, all, or nearly all of which have been 

 recorded in the later volumes of the American Herd Book. 



Other parties, comprising the names of Mr. Armstrong, of Mark- 

 ham; Mr. Mairs, of Vespra; Messrs. Wade, of Cobourg; Mr. Mul- 

 lock, of Waterdown ; Mr. Ashton, of Gait ; Mr. Ashworth, of Ottawa ; 

 Mr. Place, of Beachville; Mr. Petty, of Huron; Dr. Phillips, of 

 Prescott ; Mr. John Thomson, of Whitney ; Mr. Roddick, of Cobourg, 

 The Quebec Agricultural Society, and probably some others in dif- 

 ferent localities have made importations. Added to the above names 

 occur John Miller, of Brougham ; William Miller, Jr., of Pickering ; 

 Simon Beattie, of Markham, and Richard Gibson, who have made 

 valuable importations within a few years past. 



But the most striking series of importations, either in number or 

 value, ever made into Canada, were by Mr. Mark H. Cochrane, an 

 extensive manufacturer and merchant, of Montreal, and placed on 

 his large farm of Hillhurst, at Compton, Province of Quebec, begin- 

 ning in 1867, and continued until and into the early part of the 

 present year, 1872. 



In 1867 he shipped from Glasgow, Scotland, his first importation 

 of two animals : the cow Rosedale, by Velasco (15443), and the bull 

 Baron Booth of Lancaster, 7535, American Herd Book. 



