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CATTLE 



The ten leading Guernsey sires up to August i, 191 8, as based 

 on the records of their daughters and sons in the Advanced 

 Registry of the American Guernsey Cattle Club, are as follows : 



Prices paid for Guernsey cattle in recent years have attracted 

 much attention. In the United States good cows of the breed 

 have been in strong demand since the Columbian Exposition test 

 in 1893, but for many years following this date no abnormal prices 

 were paid for Guernseys. In 1910 F. L. Ames of Massachusetts 

 paid $2000 for the cow Imp. France 8th 21262, and Chestnut 

 Hill Farm of Ohio, the same year, paid ^2000 for the bull Galaxy's 

 Sequel 16904 (imp.), these being at that time the top prices on 

 this breed. In August, 191 1, the bull George Washington of 

 Fairfield Farm 10866 was sold by Corydon Peck to C. D. Ettin- 

 ger of Illinois for $3500, and late this same year F. L. Ames 

 sold to M. H. Tichenor of Wisconsin a bull calf out of Dollie 

 Dimple for ^6000. In 1914 the noted cow May Rilma 22761 

 was sold by E. B. Cassatt of Pennsylvania to John P. Crozier of 

 the same state for $5010. Since the opening of the World War 

 prices have increased by leaps and bounds. On October 10, 1916, 

 at a sale at Langwater Farms, North Easton, Massachusetts, 74 

 head brought $80,625, an average of $1075. C. L. A. Whitney 

 of New York paid 1^6150 for Langwater Dairymaid 26377, and 

 John A. Ames bought Langwater Generous 41958 for $5000. 

 H. G. Lapham of Massachusetts bought Langwater Easter Lily 



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