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year-o!d, and three-year-old, all by a Hereford bull, 

 to a show at Aberdeen. Deacon Milne bought the 

 heifer yearling, and said that its beef was so fat that 

 he was " obliged to send it to London, where they'll 

 eat anything." The Deacon also bought the two- 

 year-old, and its weight, which decided a wager, was 

 8 cwt. 1 st. and 4 Ibs. neat, while the three-year-old 

 after six months'' more keep realized 45. Well 

 might the late Duke of Richmond observe, as he 

 passed down the ranks and scanned the family 

 party, c< That cow owes her owner nothing " Mr. 

 Lumsden has lately had a visit from a very kin- 

 dred soul, Mr. Duckham of the Hereford Herd 

 Book, who bought two heifers for him at the Weston- 

 bury sale, and also sold him his bull Cato (1902) for 

 the purpose of stamping the Sir David character on. 

 his herd ; but so far the white and mottle faces have 

 made very little progress, and small farmers too 

 often use neither Hereford nor shorthorn, but some 

 wretched cross with a light body and long legs. 



A few years before Mr. Lumsden began, Mr. 

 Mitchell of Fiddenbegg got a Hereford bull and two 

 queys, and imported much more recently another 

 bull in partnership with his cousin at Haddo. Mr. 

 Shepherd of Shethm had also a Hereford bull, but 

 they are gradually giving it up. At Fiddenbegg (which 

 we must take a little out of its order) we found 

 one substantial trace of the system in a cross-bred 

 bull, which leant a good deal to the Hereford. He 

 seemed a rare thriver, and was most freely bellowing 



