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Geneva, 7935, to Messrs. Howard and Downing, in England, for 800 

 guineas, and to Mr. Cheney, also in England, the (red) heifers nth 

 Duchess of Geneva, and (red roan) i3th Duchess of Geneva, at 1,000 

 guineas each, in gold coin. They were taken on board ship and 

 arrived safely at their destination. 



In April, 1871, Mr. M. H. Cochrane, Compton, Province Quebec, 

 sold to Earl of Dunmore, in Scotland, the cow nth Lady of Oxford, 

 by i4th Duke of Thorndale, 8031, for 750 guineas; and to Colonel 

 Kingscote, of England, the red bull Duke of Hillhurst, 9862, at eleven 

 months old, for 800 guineas. Both these animals were delivered at 

 Portland, Me., the freight and charges to be paid by the purchasers. 



In November following, Mr. Cochrane also sold to Earl of Dun- 

 more the following heifers : Duchess of Hillhurst (white), and 2d 

 Duchess of Hillhurst (roan), at about a year old, each (both got by 

 8th Duke of York, 11867, out of imported Duchesses io3d and 

 icist), for 2,500 guineas; also the cow 8th Maid of Oxford and her 

 heifer calf, for 1,300 guineas; also two cows and their two heifer 

 calves, purchased by Mr. Cochrane, in Kentucky, for which he re- 

 ceived 500 guineas. This lot, like the previous one, was delivered 

 at Portland, subject to the exportation charges. The whole ten ani- 

 mals of these two exportations netted Mr. Cochrane the sum of 5,850 

 guineas, or about $30,712 American currency. 



Late in the autumn of 1871, Messrs. Walcott and Campbell, of New 

 York Mills, Oneida county, N. Y., sold to Lord Skelmerdale, Eng- 

 land, the young red bull, ist Duke of Oneida, 9925, for 850 guineas, 

 at eighteen months old; and with him also went out the red bull 5th 

 Lord Oxford, 10382, fifteen months old, to another party there; also 

 to Mr. Cheney the roan heifer 9th Maid of Oxford (two years old), 

 by loth Duke of Thorndale, 5610; red cow loth Lady of Oxford 

 (four years old), by loth Duke of Thorndale, 5610; and roan heifer 

 i3th Lady of Oxford (nine months old), by Baron of Oxford, 2525, 

 all at about the average prices of Mr. Sheldon's sale. 



The above are the last sales to go abroad of which we have a 

 detailed account up to the year 1872 ; and most gratifying they must 

 prove, in the acknowledgment by some of the most enterprising breed- 

 ers of Great Britain to the excellence and value of American-bred 

 Short-horns. 



