Burlington Free Press

We take the annexed from the Lexington (Ky.) Intelligencer of the 14th ult.:

Durham Cattle.—There have been two extensive sales of Short-horned Durham Cattle in this neighborhood within a week past. The first the stock of Maslin Smith, Esq. and the last the stock of Samuel Smith, Esq. deceased. The prices for which the animals were struck off were such as to show that the demand for this kind of stock is greatly on the increase. We regret that we have not been able to obtain catalogues of these sales, so as to give them to our readers in full, with the price for which each animal sold. This we hope to do hereafter. As examples, however, of the estimation which the Durham Cattle of this country are held, we will mention that, at the sale of S. Smith, a cow and sucking calf sold for twenty one hundred dollars. Another at thirteen hundred and fifty dollars; others at $1200, $1000 &c. The whole stock of Samuel Smith sold for between $20,000 and $30,000.