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nor the first prize three-year-old filly of the 

 same breed at the last provincial exhibition. 

 Both these valuable animals are thriving 

 finely, and bid fair to bring their owner 

 something more substantial than the honours 

 of the show-ring. 



Next to the shorthorns, it must be fairly 

 conceded that the sheep are the chief distinc- 

 tion of Hillhurst. No fewer than fifty-seven 

 picked animals were imported last year from 

 noted flocks in Britain. Eight of these were 

 sold at high figures, and seventeen added 

 from the best flocks in Canada, so that there 

 are now sixty-six in all. Of these forty- 

 three are Cotswolds, ten Leicesters, eight 

 Oxford Downs, and seven Lincolns. Ten 

 prizes Avere taken by this flock at the recent 

 provincial show. Of these prize-takers the 

 Oxford Downs and Lincolns were especially 

 excellent — the shearling Oxford ewes taking 

 first, second, and third prizes. Of the forty- 

 three Cotswolds above named, forty are 

 breeding ewes, all of Avhich are in a healthy 

 condition, and apparently vv ith lamb. Seven 

 of the Oxford Downs and five of the Lincolns, 

 are ewes with lamb. At the date of our visit 

 (Feb. 21), a number of the ewes were daily- 

 expected to drop their lambs. 



"We also found a choice lot of improved 

 Berkshire pigs, comprising two distinct strains, 

 so as to furnish pairs not akin. Three first 

 prizes Avere taken by as many of these ani- 

 mals at the recent provincial fair. Three 

 litters have come during the present winter 

 and three more are expected soon." 



[Portraits of Rosedale, nth Duke of Thorn- 

 dale, and Baron Booth of Lancaster, are 

 given, and in continuation the writer in the 

 Canada Farmer proceeds as follows : — ] 



" Rosedale, now seven years old, worthily 

 carried off the first prize as the best aged 

 shorthorn cow at the last provincial exhibi- 

 tion. For a full account of her pedigree, and 

 the honours earned by her in Britain, we refer 

 our readers to the Canada Farmer oi Oct. iZG"] . 

 WTien shewn last fall, she was only a fortnight 

 off a long sea-voyage, during which she calved, 

 and, therefore, did not appear to the best ad- 

 vantage, and when we saw her the other day 

 she was getting only turnips and hay, without 



grooming or special attention, yet at both the 

 times referred to, even an uninitiated specta- 

 tor could not fail to be struck with her beau- 

 tiful proportions, perfect symmetry, and great 

 beauty. Not only her present owner, but the 

 stock-breeders of Canada may well be proud 

 of this valuable addition to the shorthorn 

 celebrities of our prosperous dominion. We 

 will only add that Rosedale is supposed to be 

 in calf to nth Duke of Thorndale, and a 

 brief account of whose characteristics and 

 pedigree we now proceed to give. 



Eleventh Duke of Thorndale is an equally 

 valuable accession to the thorough-bred stock 

 of this country. This choice animal is of pure 

 Bates or Duchess blood, without the slightest 

 admixture that can mar his reputation in the , 

 slightest degree. In all the shorthorn points, 

 colour included, he is unexceptionable. It 

 were too much, perhaps, to represent him as 

 a paragon of perfection, but it would be difii 

 cult for the most experienced critic or con- 

 noisseur to say wherein he needs to be im- 

 proved. 



Baron Booth of Lancaster, the subject 

 of our third illustration, is a young bull of 

 great promise, and, from the purity of his 

 Booth descent, represents the other popular 

 family of shorthorns, as faithfully as the pre- 

 ceding animal does the Bates or Duchess 

 tribe. He was imported in company with 

 Rosedale, being only five months old at the 

 date of his purchase by IMr Cochrane. 

 Though of so tender an age, he bore the voy- 

 age well, and has greatly improved since his 

 residence at Hillhurst. At the date of our 

 visit he had just reached one year old. He 

 is of a beautiful red colour, and remarkably 

 developed for an animal of his age. He bids 

 fair to attain great size. He is evenly 

 fleshed, with upper and under lines perfect, 

 soft and silky to the touch, and of very fine 

 carriage. He is certainly a bull of no ordi- 

 nary character, and unless we greatly mistake 

 will make his mark at the exhibitions next 

 autumn. 



The prosperous condition of the Hillhurst 

 flocks and herds, though chiefly attributable 

 to the energy, intelligence, excellent judgment, 

 and liberal outlays of capital on the part of 



