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flesh ; the Dairy Shorthorn was .,the ideal animal for the 

 purpose. The association would, by offering prizes for milk 

 tests, by securing classes for Dairy Shorthorns, and by 

 recommending judges, do their best to sustain and 

 popularise the Shorthorn for dairy purposes a breed which 

 had for many years been so justly famous for beef. There 

 was no question of starting a separate Herd Book, and they 

 had the approval of the Shorthorn Council." 



That a considerable number of the prominent Shorthorn 

 breeders in the United Kingdom are devoting attention to 

 milking qualities, may be seen from the relative footnote 

 attached to the foregoing list of breeders. 



The following pioneer registered dairy herds deserve 

 special mention : 



(1) That of James T. Hobbs, at Maisey-Hampton, 

 Fairford, Gloucester, founded 1849, in which the following 

 records were picked from the Herd Register of 1903 : 

 " Orange Blossom," 7605 Ibs. of milk in 280 days ; " Fanny," 

 8718 Ibs. in 280 days; "Bessie," 7003 Ibs. in 254 days; 

 " Chorus," 8099 Ibs. in 266 days ; and " Harmony," 8043 Ibs. 

 in 280 days. 



(2) The Underley Hall Herd, founded in 1868, the 

 property of Lord Henry Bentinck, near Kirkby Lonsdale (F. 

 Punchard, agent). In the annual records appear the follow- 

 ing yields, which were made in 1899: "Daylight 2nd" gave, 

 in 45 weeks, 7503 Ibs. of milk; "Moss Rose 2nd," in 47 

 weeks, 7384 Ibs.; "Heroine 3rd," in 50 weeks, 7356 Ibs.; 

 " Hully," in 49 weeks, 6692 Ibs. ; and " Sweet Rose," in 45 

 weeks, 6805 Ibs. 



(3) The Babraham Herd of C R. W. Adeane, Cambridge 

 (F. N. Webb, agent). The annual milk records show the follow- 

 ing outstanding yields among twelve pedigree cows between 

 October 1902 and October 1903 : " Carrissima 2nd," 6522 Ibs. 

 of milk in 39 weeks; "Darlington," 7522 Ibs. in 37 weeks; 

 " Lady Darlington," 6679 Ibs. in 37 weeks; "Lucy," 7825 Ibs. 

 in 46 weeks ; and " Princess Raglan," 8566 Ibs. in 38 weeks. 

 During 1905, "Lucy," (aged), gave, October 29, 1904 to 

 August 25, 1905, 7963 Ibs. of milk maximum for one day, 

 37 Ibs. ; " Dora Darlington," (aged), gave 7091 Ibs. of milk, 

 in one day 38 Ibs.; "Wild Eyebright 4th" gave, from June 

 28, 1903 to February 29, 1904, 804 gallons of milk ; " Lady 



