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naught in 1875 ; and as to Mr. Auld's Pride of Aberdeen 9th, the animal having en- 

 riched the herd -with three daughters since coming into his possession, all four were 

 brought to the auction ring on the 13th of last month, and realized the magnificent 

 Bum of 1,365 guineas. Pride of Aberdeen 9fch was bred by the late Mr. M'Combie, 

 and formed one of his famous Parisian group at the Grand International Exhibition. 

 She was purchased by Mr. Wilken for 385 guineas, but her yearling daughter realized 

 510 guineas, the highest price, it is said, yet given for a Polled animal. The purchaser 

 of the latter was Mr. Walker, who was understood to have bought her for America. 



While the demand for Herefords appears to be all-in-all for bulls, but nothing very 

 extraordinary for cows and heifers, that for Aberdeen Black Polls gives a similar pre- 

 eminence to females, as is to be found in sales of Shorthorns. Thus at the Bridgend 

 auction now being referred to, 12 cows averaged 114 19s. (5d. each; 11 two-year-old 

 heifers, 85 10s. Gd. ; 8 yearling heifers, 156 3s. 9d?., and 7 heifer calves, 90 7s. each, 

 but the average for 2 two-year-old bulls was only 53 lls., and that for 11 bull- 

 calves 29 ts.pd., causing the general average for 51 animals, the total number sold, 

 to be 90 16s., the sum realized being 4,631 11s. The North British Agriculturist 

 gives the averages and highest individual prices of the principal tribes sold at this 

 sale, which are as fellows: 



This is how Americans make high feeding and good attention pay in 

 England. With such prices an Englishman can well afford to feed and 

 otherwise spend nearly $200 per annum on a cow or bull. In Europe 

 apple and pear exhibitions are held, as well as egg and chicken exhibi- 

 tions; in fine, there is as great a variety of exhibitions as there are articles 

 to be devoured by man, all having for their lent the elevation of the stand 

 ard of the article exhibited. Will it not occur on the same line of rea- 

 soning that Americans will one day go to England for their cats, dogs, 

 fish, pears, apples, as for their cattle? Dogs have already been im- 

 ported into America at extravagantly high prices paid in England. 

 There is no telling where u a craze" will stop, once it begins. We have 

 also committed the same folly in importing "blooded hogs." Think of 

 " a blooded hog," so called because it was large, in fine order, and had 

 the marks of care and attention, and easily palmed oif on the American 

 as " a blooded Berkshire." 



If Congress would enact now that there would be opened in the year 

 1900 a grand international exhibition, and that a premium of $100,000 

 would be given for the finest exhibit of native Ireeds of all kinds, and 

 the same for all breeds of cattle from every quarter of the world, I be- 

 lieve firmly that some enterprising American could take each premium ; 

 that is to say, he could take the premium not only offered for the Ameri- 

 can breed, but that the American cattle that had won the premium 

 could compete with all foreign cattle and gain the second also. At any 

 rate this is worth a trial, and $1,000,000 offered in premiums alone could 

 not be better spent, as it would stimulate the American stock-breeder 

 to the necessary effort to elevate the standard of native breeds. 



GOVERNMENT ENCOURAGEMENT TO EUROPEAN STOCK. 



All the exhibitions held in Europe are encouraged in every way by 

 the King, Queen, Emperor, or what not, of the country in which the 

 exhibition is held. The Queen of England exhibits cattle at every show 

 in England, as does the Prince of Wales. A cow, the property of tho 



