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could indulge in no "fads" or fancies. The get 

 of any sire, no matter how distinguished his 

 lineage, were studiously shunned unless show- 

 ing plainly the qualifications demanded in an 

 atmosphere where economy and practical util- 

 ity were the essential handmaids of thrift. 



It thus happened that Short-horn breeding 

 in the North rested from the beginning on the 

 bedrock of actual merit for feeding purposes. 



Crossing the border. Tweedside marks the 

 Northern confines of England. At the river's 

 mouth, on the Scottish side, stands the historic 

 city of Berwick, sternly typical of the character 

 of the people over whose destinies it kept 

 "watch and ward" for centuries. On the grassy 

 southern bank lies ancient Northumbria and 

 Flodden Field. The ruined battlements of 

 Norham Castle remind the traveler in these 

 parts of the Border Country's stormy past; but 

 since the days of William Wallace and King 

 James this pastoral region has fallen under 

 gentler sway. From the Cheviots to the Hills 

 of Lammermoor the herds and flocks of a 

 thrifty husbandry have grazed, free from war's 

 alarms, for generations. 



Prior to the introduction of the breed into 

 the Northern Counties it had already been 

 proved that Short-horns would thrive in the 

 South of Scotland. Indeed, they had been suc- 

 cessfully transplanted early in the century 



