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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST.' 
[October, 
Additional Fair List. 
The list here given is a supplement to the one published 
in September. For October fairs not mentioned here sec 
the list given last month. 
District Fairs. 
Colorado Indus!. Assoc. Denver Sept. 30-Oct. 4 
Shenandoah Valley Winchester, Va. . . 7-9 
Teias Middle Corsicana Sept. 30-Oct. 3 
Industrial Fairs. 
Louisville Industrial.. .Louisville, Kv...Sept. 2-Oct. 11 
Tenn. A. audM. Assoc. .Nashville Sept. 29-Oct. 10 
Provincial Fairs. 
Canada, Blenheim Plattsvillc Oct. 3 
Nova Scotia ITalifax Oct. 1- S 
Yarmnn::jW-o. Yarmouth ......... . Oct. '2 
f. JBi. jl ytfoehB T3B cnarlottetown Oct. 7-8 
County Fairs. 
ALABAMA. 
Madison Co Iluntsvillc Oct. 7-11 
WilcoxCo Camden Nov. 4-8 
Williamson Co Franklin Oct. 1- 4 
INDIANA. 
Wayne Orrville Oct. 15-17 
IOWA. 
Allamakee Co Waukon Oct. 1-2 
KANSAS. 
Allen Iola Oct. 8 
Jefferson Oskaloosa Oct. 7-9 
Johnson Olathc Sept. 30-Oct. 3 
Labette Oswego Oct. 9-11 
Leavenworth Leavenworth Sept. 29-Oct. 3 
Miami Paoli Oct. 1-4 
Mitchell Beloit ..Oct. 16 
Montgomery Independence Oct. 1-3 
Riley Manhattan Sept. 30-Oct. 3 
Wilson Fredonia Oct. 1 
Woodson Neosho Falls Oct. 1-3 
MARYLAND. 
Frederick Co Frederick Oct. 14-17 
MICHIGAN. 
Hillsdale Hillsdale Oct. 7-10 
MINNESOTA. 
BlueEarthCo Garden City Oct. 2-4 
MISSISSIPPL 
Adams Co Natchez Nov. 1S-23 
MISSOURI. 
LivingstonCo Chillicotho Oct. 7-10 
NEW JERSEY. 
Warren Co Belvidere Sept. 30-Oct. 3 
NEW YORK. 
Rockland Co New City Oct. 1-2 
Yates Co uunac on. n-in 
YatcsCo Penn Yan Sept. 30-Oct. 2 
NORTH CAROLINA. 
Granville Co Henderson Oct. 7-9 
Halifax Co Weldon Oct. 23-31 
New Hanover Co Wilmington Nov. 11-14 
PENNSYLVANIA. 
Union Co Mifflinhnnr! Oct. S-11 
Westmoreland Co Greensburg Oct. 7-10 
SOUTn CAROLINA. 
Darlingtr.n Co Darlington Oct. S-10 
Greenville A. & M. Assoc. Greenville Nov. 4- 8 
Pccdee Cheraw Oct. 15-17 
TENNESSEE. 
Putnam Cookevillc Sept. 30-Oct. 3 
Sumner Gallatin Oct. 15-18 
Tipton Covington Oct. S1-2S 
Washington Joncshoro Oct. 1-3 
Weakley Dresden Oct. 1- 4 
Western Jackson Oct. 28-Nov. 2 
VERMONT. 
Rutland Rutland Oct. 1 
WISCONSIN. 
OawfordCo Seneca Oct. 1-3 
Winkesha Co Waukesha Oct. 7-9 
The Great Campbell, Duchess Sale. 
When it was announced some months ago that Mr. 
Samuel Campbell, who had but a year before become 
sole proprietor of the finest herd of Shorthorn cattle In 
the world, proposed to offer them all at public auction, 
it was well known to all interested in such things that 
the occasion would be a most memorable one. The 
"Duchess" blood (known also as the "Bates" blood, 
from the name of the original breeder, Mr. Thomas 
Bates, of Kirkleavington, tn Yorkshire. England 1 !, gave 
the herd its character and value. Our American breed- 
ers, particularly Messrs. Morris & Becar, Jonathan 
Thorne and his son Samuel Thome, had as long ago as 
1350 to 1855 made purchases of the " Bates '" stock, which 
placed on this side of the Atlantic the very choicest 
blood of the best English herds, nere it has been main- 
tained in purity, and more or less racceserully bred for 
twenty years. In 1857 Col. Morris, then boIc proprietor 
of the Morris i Bccar herd, sold an (some fifty anlmals\ 
to Mr. Samuel Thorne. thus placing the Duchess cows 
and their female progeny all in the hands of one pro- 
prietor. Mr. Thome's purthaees in England were made 
with great discrimination and boldness ; and though 
losing valuable cows by accident on the passage, having 
his one thousand guinea bull prove worthless, and los- 
ing besides by lightning --his undaunted pluck as a buyer, 
and the great prices paid, gave his herd a reputation 
second to none in the world. In May of 1801 Mr. 
Thorne sent young bulls of his herd to England, where 
they met with quick sale at high figures. From that day 
to this Uiere have been not infreq 'ent purchases from 
oar best American herds for exportation, at constantly 
increasing prices. 
Mr. Thome parted with his entire herd to Mr. Jas. O. 
Sheldon, of Geneva, in 18*17, who, after successfully 
breeding it for some years, and adding to it by notablo 
purchases and importations, sold the herd to Messrs. 
Walcott & Campbell, the wealthy proprietors of the 
New York Mills cotton factories, and of about one 
thousand acres of most fertile ana ocumilui farming 
lands surrounding them, and extending for some miles 
along the Sequoic creek and upon the so-called Mohawk 
flats, near Utica. 
Tho sole took place on the 10th of September, at 
New York Mills, near Utica, New York. The cattle 
had been for some days in the roomy stables in tho 
rear of the great factory, and every opportunity £or 
examination afforded to the breeders and visitors, who 
came from great distances to attend the sale. A varied 
and excellent lunch was spread on Tuesday and on 
Wednesday, both days being as nearly perfect as could 
be. As tho hour approached, a great throng of per- 
sons collected, numbering fully five hundred, of whom 
nearly half were directly or indirectly interested in the 
breeding of shorthorns. Kentucky was there in ful. 
force, her sons most of them standing head and shoul- 
ders above the crowd ; Illinois. Ohio, Michigan, Minne- 
sota were well represented, and so were New England 
and the Canadas, while almost every breeder of the 
state of New York was present, as of course. Lord Skel- 
mcrsdale, of Latham House near Liverpool ; Mr. nol- 
ford. of Papillon Market, Halbro ; Mr. Berwick, agent 
of Lord Dunmore, but present to buy for Earl Bectivc ; 
Mr. Richardson, agent for Sir Curtis Sampson ; Mr. Kel- 
lo, agent for Mr. It. Pavin Davis, were present as buyers 
from England; and Mr. DelaPerrell. the well-known pur- 
chaser and shipper of live stock, from Liverpool, attend- 
ed to superintend tho shipping of the stock purchased 
by Lord Skelmersdalc. 
TrrE Sale. — The Dnchces cows and heifers offered were 
eleven in number, not including two, the loth Dnch 
.... ot a.n.v, r n C t c,r^ vears old and Kusoected of 
not being a breeder, which by vote of those present, at 
his own request, Mr. Campbell was permitted to with, 
draw; and Ihe 8th Dnchcss of Thorndale, 11 years old 
and past breeding. The Duke bulls were only three, 
namely ; the 2d, 4th, and 7th Dakes of Oneida. 
The first animal offered was the 2d Duke of Oneida, a 
noble three year old. by 4th Dake of Geneva (7.f'31) out 
of 13fh Duchess of Thorndale. Lord Skelmersdalc'a 
first bid of $10,000 roused everybody. There were but 
three bids offered, $ll,0fVI and $12,(100. at which sum he 
was taken by Mr. T. J. Megibben of Kentucky. Then the 
Duchess cows and heifers were brought one by one into 
the ring, and the bids upon them started at frequently 
(5,000, sometimes at $3,000 or less, and usually advanced 
$1,000 at a bid to near the last; but sometimes, as in the 
case of 8th Duchess of Geneva. $5,000 bids followed each 
other in quick snccesslon. The bidding, as we noted it 
upon this Btiperb cow, was abont as follows: Starting, at 
$3,001 it advanced thus : "$4,000." "$5,000" " §0,000." 
"$7,000" "$3,001," then $10,000." "$12,000," "$15,000," 
"$90,000," "$23,000," " $31,000." then by $1,050 bids 
to $37,010 "$37,500," $3^.000." " $88,600," "$39,000," 
"$40,000," "$40,100," and soon to $10,600, at which sum 
she went to Mr. R. Pavin Davis of Gloucestershire, being 
about three times as much as was ever before paid for a 
single animal of any bovine race. A six months' heifer 
calf of thiscow subsequently sold for $07,000 to iir. A. J 
Alexander, of Kentucky. We give below briefly the 
prices at which the cows and bulls ot the Duchess family 
sold, and a general summary of the other sales. 
1st Duchess of Oneida, reel and white ; calved January 
54, 1370 ; got by 10th Duke of Thorndale [28,458). Served 
December 10 by 2d Duke of Oneida. Sold to Lord Skel- 
mendole for $C0,r,00. 
7th Duchess of Oneida, red and white : calved August 
3, 1872 ; got by 2d Duke of Oneida (9,986). Sold to Mr. 
A. J. Alexander, of Kentucky, for $19,010. 
10th Duchess of Genova, roan ; calved May 15, 1SS7 ; 
got by 2d Duke of Geneva (23,752). Dam Mb. Duchess of 
Geneva by Grand Duke of Oxford < 16. 131). Served 
March SO by 2d Duke, of Oneida. Sold to the Earl ot 
Bcctive for (36,000. 
8th Duchess of Oneida, roan '. calved November 18, 
1872 : got by 4th Duke of Geneva <;,9>.l >. Sold to Lord 
Becnvc for $15,300. 
13th Duchess of Thorndale. red ; calved February 25. 
1867 ; got by 10th Duke of Thorndale (28,458). Served 
July 8 by 4th Duke of Oneida. Sold to Mr. A. B. Con- 
ger, of New York, for $15,1 0J. 
4th Duchess of Oneida, red ; calved January 17, 1872 ; 
got by 4th Dnke of Geneva (7,931). Sold to Messrs. 
Bedford & Megibben, of Kentucky, for $25, COO. 
8th Duchess of Geneva, red and white ; calved July 
28, I860 ; got by 3d Lord Oxford (22,200). Served June 
1 by 2d Duke of Oneida. Sold to Mr. R. Pavin Davis, of 
Gloucestershire, Eng..for $40,GC9. 
10th Dnchcss of Oneida, red and white ; calved April 
7, 1373 j got by 2d Duke of Oneida <9,926>. Sold to Mr. 
A. J. Alexander, of Kentucky, for $27,000. 
9th Dnchcss of Oneida, roan ; calved March 2, 1373 : 
got by 2d Duke of Oneida (9,926). Sold to Mr. Berwick 
for Lord Bectlve for $10,000. 
12th Dnchess of Thorndale, roan ; calved October 13, 
1886 ; got byCth Duke of Thorndale (23.794). Serv. d 
April 17 by -a inline wf oneiaa. boia to Mr. A. u. con- 
ger for $5,700. 
3d Duchess of Oneida, roan ; calved March 19th. 1871 ; 
got by 4th Duke of Geneva (7931). Served July 3 by 4th 
Dake of Oneida. Sold to Mr. Halford, of England, for 
$15,600. 
The Bulls of this family sold as follows : 2d Duke of 
Oneida, to Mr. Megibben for $12,000. 4th Duke of 
Oneida to A. B. Cornell, of New York, for $7,000. 7th 
Duke of Oneida to A. W. Griswold, of Vermont, for 
$1,000. The Duchess Cowb above-named sold at an 
average of $21,709. The bulls at an average of $5,725. 
The rest of the herd 111 in number included the Ox- 
fords, numbering seven cows and two bulls. Rosamonds, 
Lady Bates, Lonans, Lady Knighllys. Lady Newhams, 
and other choice strains closely related to the Duchess 
and Oxford tribes. The total sum realized for breeding 
animals was $3S0,S90 — an average of over $3,431 each. 
The interest during the bidding was as intense as can 
well be imagined, and the fevers of the stock board and 
gold room, or the reported delirium of the gaming table 
can hardly surpass the restrained, yet extraordinary ex- 
citement winch prevailed. That all this was not the re- 
sult of a phrenzy of the moment is proved by the fact 
that many of the highest prices were paid by agents act- 
ing strictly under orders from their principals. 
Thus ended the most remarkable sale of cattle on 
record. It forms an epoch which will be dated back to 
as a crisis in tiie history of well-bred stock as long as 
neat cattle are bred with care. 
SISDRY HllHBtGS. — Sometimes 
— '- : "iris ask more of us than we feel at liberty to 
perform. While we hoia it our quit w »iw ■— ,,«a 
ers against thoBC who hold out inducements, " the same 
with intent to deceive," we can not. npon the presenta- 
tion of one 6ide of a business difficulty, denounce the 
party of the other side as a swindler. Several cases of 
this kind have been 6ent recently, one of which we give 
rS ILLBSTKATIOH. 
A gentleman in Iowa writes that he sent $154 to a 
stock dealer in Pennsylvania for 6ome pigs, and the 
dealer writes that the money has not been received. 
The agent of the American Express Company in Iowa 
has traced the money through his own company to New 
York and thence by Adams Express to Pennsylvania, 
where the agent handed the money to the stock man in 
person. This is a very straight story, and If the Iowa 
party has his chain of evidence so complete as would 
appear, the best thing he can do is to bring a suit against 
the dealer in pigs. In business transactions of this kind 
there is a chance that some oversight may be the cause 
of the trouble. So with a hand-stamp case in Hartford, 
Conn. Both cases have a suspicions look, but we can 
not, on the evidence presented, give the suspected par- 
ties a place among the humbugs. 
A RELIGIOUS rAPEU IX CTNCTNNATI 
is complained of by a correspondent in Tennessee for 
publishing a consumption quack's advertisement. If 
the Cincinnati paper were the only religious sheet that 
published objectionable advertisements, it might be 
well to notice it. Our friend can see but few papers of 
this kind if he thinks this an exception. In turning to- 
the only two just at hand, we find in both advertise- 
ments that should not appear in a religious paper or in 
any other. In years past we have had much to say on 
the subject, but the publishers of religious journals are 
very much like most other publishers when a paying 
advertisement Is in question, and these quack fellows 
pay liberally. It must grieve the good men who fill the 
editorial columns to see what stuff goes into families 
along with their own teachings, and know that many 
persons think that all this quackery is in a manner 
sanctioned by them. We know of one editor of a re- 
ligions paper who resigned his position on account of 
the publisher's course in the business columns, but 
such cases are unfortunately rare. 
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