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Another well-known breeder to recognise the value of milk 

 records and to profit therefrom is Mr. Fred Scorer, of Nettle- 

 ham, who is now joined by his son in a highly profitable 

 partnership. Mr. Scoi*er adopted much the same methods as 

 Mr. Evens in the formation of his dairy herd, and with no 

 little success, as his victories in milking trials have gone to 

 prove. For instance, at the London Dairy Show in 1907, 

 Bracehridge 3.B. was reserved to Burton Nancy IV. for the 

 Lord Mayor's Champion Cup for the cow gaining most points 

 in the milking trials for all breeds. Bracehridge 3.B. was a 

 wonderful cow, for in 1907-1908 she was 441 days in milk 

 and gave 1,380 gallons, and in 1908-1909 she gave 1,346 gallons 

 in 301 days, an average of 4*47 gallons of milk a day. The 

 milk recoi'ds of the herd belonging to Messrs. F. and G. E. 

 Scorer show an average of well over 800 gallons per head. 

 Mr. A. P. Brandt, Bletchingley Castle, Surrey ; Mr. F. B. 

 Wilkinson, Edwinstowe, Newark ; Lord Algernon Percy, Guy's 

 Cliffe, Warwick ; and Mr. S. Blundell, Bendish House, Welwyn, 

 have all been more or less successful in milking trials. 



The cattle are in great demand for grazing. In the markets 

 of the Eastern coiinties and Midlands, where steers at two and 

 a half years old may be looked upon to yield seven or eight 

 hundredweight of the best meat, there is always a ready sale, 

 the butchers declaring that they cut up a greater proportion 

 of lean flesh, with less oflfal, than any other breed they 

 know. 



Since the formation of the breed Society, the Lincolnshire 

 Reds have spread fairly rapidly outside their native county. 

 In the adjoining county of Nottingham there are many 

 breeders, and a glance at the herd-book shows that the big Red 

 Shorthorns are attracting the notice of farmers in many parts 

 of the country. A considerable export trade has also developed. 

 Dealing with the past three years, in 1912 thirty-one bulls and 

 forty cows and heifers were exported. More than half of these 

 (40) went to South Africa, and of the rest seven went to Russia 

 and the remainder to South American States. The following 

 year a very marked increase in the foreign demand was 

 experienced, eighty-three bulls and ninety-four cows and 

 heifers being shipped. Once more the greater number went to 

 Africa (118), a few others to Russia (4) and Ireland (9), and 

 the remainder to South America. In the current year (1914) 

 the combined effects of the closing of the ports and the great 

 European war have seriously affected the trade, for up to 

 November 10 only twenty-three bulls and the same number of 

 cows and heifers have gone abroad. The South African 

 demand accounted for more than half of these (30), the rest 

 being taken by Russia (7), Brazil (5), Chili (l),and Ecuador (2). 



