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uniform type of the breed can be<,studied. Although in the 

 early days of Shorthorn registration the Lincolnshire 

 breeders prided themselves in refusing to enter their cattle 

 in Coates' Herd Book, still records of the leading herds have 

 been privately kept for over a hundred years. The necessity 

 for a Lincolnshire herd register arose from the fact that a 

 large proportion of the best animals of unmixed blood were 

 not eligible for Coates* Shorthorn Herd Book although a 

 limited number of Lincoln Red cattle are eligible for 

 both records. The strain is rapidly developing into one of 

 the best lines of milking cattle in England, in spite of the 

 milk-degenerating effect of the long established custom of 

 allowing the cows to rear their own calves. 



The 'Burton milk records relating to the registered 

 Lincoln Red Shorthorn Herd of John Evens, Burton, near 

 Lincoln, are the most complete we have been able to find of 

 this breed. The records of the cows that calved during 1904 

 are reproduced in extenso^ as an inducement to others to 

 follow the good example. The milk is weighed twice daily. 



Notes relating to Milk Records on page 96 



a " Quality III.," 2nd, Saxilby, 1903; 1st, Saxilby, 1904; 2nd, Newark, and 

 2nd, Lincolnshire, dairy cows, 1905. 



b "Young Cherry," 3rd, milking, Dublin; 1st and challenge cup, milking, 

 Belfast, 1904. 



c "Star II.," 2nd open class, and 1st Tenant Farmers' class, milking trials, 

 Oxfordshire, 1905. 



d " Dolly II.," 2nd, milking test, Royal Counties, 1905. 



e " C. Star III.," 1st and challenge cup, milking, Dublin ; 4th, milking, Belfast ; 

 2nd, milking (Tenant Farmers), Oxfordshire, 1902. 



/ "Maud," 1st, group class, London Daiiy Show, 1901 ; 2nd, milking, Dublin ; 

 2nd, milking, Belfast, 1903 ; 4th, Dublin, 1904. 



g " Dairymaid V.," 1st, milking, Royal Counties (Guildford) ; 1st, dairy cow, 

 Royal Show of England, 1904 ; 3rd, Peterboro', dairy cows, 1905. 



h "Dairymaid III.," 1st and challenge cup, milking trials, Royal Dublin, 1904. 



i "Spotted III.," 1st, open class milking trials, Oxfordshire, 1904. 



/"Buttercup," 1st, Tenant Farmers, Oxfordshire, 1904; 1st, milking test, 

 Tring, 1905 ; 2nd, Tenant Farmers' butter test, Tring, 1905. 



k "Rose IV.," 4th, dairy cow, Lincolnshire; and 3rd, Newark, 1904; 1st, 

 dairy cow, Lincolnshire, 1905. 



/"Primrose," 1st, group class, London Dairy Show, 1900, and same also 

 in 1901. 



m " Pansy III.," cup, best dairy cow, Clumber ; H.C., butter test, Royal Show, 

 1904. 



n "Spot II.," 1st, open class, milking trials, Oxfordshire (Bicester), 1903. 



