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of this year Mr. MILLER again visited Scotland and secured 31 
heifers and 39 bulls, all from the herds of CruickKSHANK, DuTHIE, 
Marr and CaMpsELL. 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 Cot. Harris (109), also the well 
known Gay Monarch purchased by J. G. Roppins & Sons. In 
1889, Mr. MILLER made the last importation for Mr. ApDAms, 
consisting of 12 young bulls and 18 heifers. Soon after the 
animals had gone through quarantine, Mr. Apams dispersed his 
entire stock, Strathearn going to GrorcE Harpinc (115) and 
Cupbearer to Jonn Hope, of Bow Park. Sixteen yearling heifers 
and Craven Knight were secured by Cot. Harris. Lakeside farm 
itself was sold to Mr. T. H. SHERLEY of Louisville, Ky. 
In 1891 Witu1am MILLER succeeded Joun T. Gipson in charge 
of the North Oaks herd of James J. Hii, but remained only a 
year. On its dispersal in 1893, half of the herd went to Mr. 
SHERLEY 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 
