162 IMPORTATIONS . 



more. These passed into the hands of John Eidgley, 

 and were sent to the celebrated Hampton Estate. 

 This importation was probably kejjt with but little 

 attention to preserving the breed intact.'^ 



For the Eandall importation of this year, see the 

 notice under the year 1838. 



For the notice of the importation of the Massachu- 

 setts Society for Promotion of Agriculture during 

 this year, see under 1837. 



Foi" Capt. Nye's importation of this year, see 

 under date of 1840. 



Some j^ears previous to 1847 Dr. Ilofl'man made 

 an importation into Maryland. Those passed, some 

 of them at least, into the hands of Mr. McHenry, of 

 Hartford County.^" Some of this importation ap- 

 pears to be found in the cows Jenny Deans and Mary 

 Queen of Scots. ^^ 

 J846 In June of 1846, R. L. Colt, Esq., of Patcrson, 

 N. J., imported a bull and a cow in the ship 

 "Europe." The bull Geordie was a descendant of a 

 famous bull of that name in Scotland, and was him- 

 self a prize-taker. He cost £40 in Ayr. The cow 

 Bessy cost £19.^^ 



Samuel Ward, Esq., then of North Stockbridge, 



afterwards of Lenox, Mass., imported a bull and 



heifer this year.^^ The bull Dandy appears to have 



gone into the possession of E. P. Prentice. 



1848 In 1848, according to a reference in the Ayrshire 



■» Fanners' Lib. iii, 1848, p. 286. » Ibid. 



» A. U. B., C. 1787, 1923. 



'- Fiirnicrs' Lib. ii, 385, where the bull is figured; do. Iii, 289, for the cow. 



» Alb Cult., July, 1851. 



