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of this year Mr. Miller again visited Scotland and secured 31 

 heifers and 39 bulls, all from the herds of Cruickshank, Duthie, 

 Mark and Campbell. This was the largest importation ever made 

 directly from Aberdeenshire to the United States, and included 

 the great roan Princess Alice and the famous Craven Knight, both 

 ultimately in the herds of CoL. Harris (109), also the well 

 known Gay Monarch purchased by J. G. Robbins & Sons. In 

 1889, Mr. Miller made the last importation for Mr. Adams, 

 consisting of 12 young bulls and 18 heifers. Soon after the 

 animals had gone through quarantine, Mr. Adams .dispersed his 

 entire stock, Strathearn going to George Harding (115) and 

 Cupbearer to John Hope, of Bow Park. Sixteen yearling heifers 

 and Craven Knight were secured by Col. Harris. Lakeside farm 

 itself was sold to Mr. T. H. Sherley of Louisville, Ky. 



In 1891 WiLUAM Miller succeeded John T. Gibson in charge 

 of the North Oaks herd of James J. Hill, but remained only a 

 year. On its dispersal in 1893, half of the herd went to Mr. 

 Sherlet of Lakeside farm and Mr. Miller resumed management. 

 In 1898 he purchased the farm from Mr. Sherley, stocked it 

 with Aberdeen-Angus and feeding cattle and spent his declining 

 years on that valuable Iowa property. He died December 21, 

 1905, one of the most widely known and most fundamental 

 contributors to the Aberdeenshire success in America. He made 

 nearly one hundred trips across the Atlantic, exporting steers as 

 well as importing breeding stock. He handled several loads of 

 the famous Gillett cattle for British butcher buyers. Mr. Miller 

 was a writer of great skill. His father was an intimate and 

 valued friend of Thomas Carlyle and he inherited much of the 



