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 DURHAM DIVINITIES 



Those two old warriors yonder in knee breeches, 

 high-cut waistcoats and stocks are commonly accred- 

 ited with being the most active of all the originators 

 of the one distinctively national British breed of 

 cattle the Shorthorn. The Herefords, the Devons, 

 the Angus, the Galloways, the Ayrshires, the Sussex, 

 the Norfolks and the Highlanders are also purely 

 British products; but the "red, white and roan" 

 is the one type of the entire lot that has found 

 favor in nearly every part of the United Kingdom 

 and Ireland, whereas most of the others are still 

 bred mainly in the particular districts in which they 

 were originated. This comment is made merely as 

 a statement of historical fact relating to distribution 

 in the British Islands only. As is generally known, 

 certain of the others have gained world-wide fame 

 in vastly broader fields than is afforded by all the 

 acreage of England, Scotland and the Emerald Isle 

 combined. 



These two are probably discussing their favorite 

 subject: ways and means of eliminating certain of 

 the obvious faults of the old Teeswater and Hol- 

 derness stock, and improving on both. They are 

 known to fame as CHARLES and ROBERT COLLING. 



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