AVERAGE PRICES, 1850-81. 



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As illustrative of the rise in price of males of the breed, 

 we may note that while 31 young bulls were sold at the 

 Aberdeen joint sale, in the spring of 18*79, at an average 

 of 19, 18s. 7d., 81 were sold in the spring of 1882 at 

 an average of 31, 8s. lOd. 



The following list of average prices, &c., at eighty-two 

 public sales, shows the range in value of polled cattle 

 over a period of more than thirty years : 



