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The former farmed at Ketton Hall, and the latter 

 on the farm of Barmpton, both in the valley of the 

 River Tees, some three miles distant from the city 

 of Darlington in the county of Durham. Cattle of 

 the breed which they were largely instrumental in 

 creating are still referred to in many parts of the 

 United States as "Durhams," although that name 

 was rarely employed in the land of its nativity. 



CHARLES COLLING paid a visit to BAKEWELL in 

 1783, and spent considerable time in a study of the 

 results obtained. Evidently he was convinced, but 

 at the same time he wisely deferred the actual 

 application of the Dishley system until he became 

 possessed of materials that suited his purpose. In 

 1784 he had bought the Stanwick Duchess cow, 

 to be referred to further on; but it was not until 

 1789 that he obtained from MAYNARD of Eryholme 

 a roan cow, always referred to in her later years 

 as "the beautiful Lady Maynard," and with her began 

 the actual work of bringing order out of local cattle- 

 breeding chaos. 



A human-interest story this of how modern 

 stock-breeding got, in this purchase, its first great 

 impetus. Picture a fair September morn. The 

 master of Ketton Hall about to start on a neigh- 

 borly visit to his friend MAYNARD, whose eight bul- 



