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seven years old and her two-year-old heifer Cora 

 and a heifer calf eight months old were entered "for 

 exhibition only" from the state farm. The only 

 other purebred Herefords on exhibition were those 

 of Mr. 0. C. Clark, and included the imported Cham- 

 berlain cow Fanny then nine years old, the four- 

 year-old Fanny 2d, the three-year-old Miss Sotham, 

 the six-year-old Miss Wheeler and the yearling bull 

 Granby. Steers were shown by Thomas J. Field, 

 Northfield, Mass. 



It is recorded in the report of this fair that the 

 cow Milton and the heifer Cora were purchased at 

 the Dowley sale in 1855. Milton is described as "a 

 cow of much substance and fine symmetry, with the 

 exception of a little deficiency in the flanks. The 

 heifer is a superior animal, is almost perfect in sym- 

 metry and as a grazier seldom equalled. The bull is 

 large, of good constitution, generally well made, but 

 with hardly the fullness of eye or the mellowness of 

 skin that is so desirable. The heifer calf is very 

 promising." Milton and Cora were afterwards sold 

 to Hon. John Merryman of Maryland, as will appear 

 further on. 



The Ohio Importation of 1852.— The second 

 direct importation of Herefords made into a mid- 

 west state was by two English farmers residing in 

 the vicinity of Elyria, 0., John Humphries and 

 Thomas Aston. We are permitted to reproduce here 

 Mr. Aston 's business card as used in England. 



From this it appears that the latter was a Mon- 

 mouth butcher before coming out to try his fortune 



