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breed, which cow was called Foulsham, and was one of the best 

 my father ever possessed, costing 25 guineas — at that time 

 thought a frightful price. She bred some very good blood-red 

 calves ; one, a bull, was much prized for some years. After this 

 my father went on breeding in-and-in for many years, not being 

 able to find bulls to his liking. The only bull I recollect his 

 buying proved a regular brute, whom, with his offspring, he got 

 rid of as soon as he could. After this came Mr. Birkbeck's and 

 the Elmham blood. Mr. Etheridge, of Starston, had first and 

 last several bull calves for himself, and the late Sir Edward 

 Kerrison, and some went farther into Suffolk. As to Norfolks 

 and Suffolks being the same breed, I can form no opinion, 

 except that I know they have been a good deal mixed if only 

 through my father's blood." 



In Youatt's work on cattle, published some forty years ago, 

 appears a portrait of a very handsome cow, bred by Mr. Greorge. 

 The Eaton herd still flourishes, and as might be expected from 

 such careful breeding, exhibits great uniformity of character. 

 Mr. Reeve and his herd have passed away, and the Binham 

 herd no longer exists ; but Mr. England writes : " My grand- 

 father came to Binham in 1792. I have heard my father say 

 the polls were much improved by Mr. Reeve and my grand- 

 father, but whether they were red or not I cannot say ; they 

 were as alike as possible when I first remembered a herd of 

 thirty cows here, and a beautiful red. I doubt if there are any 

 better at the present time." 



Other old-established Norfolk herds are those of Lord Sondes 

 (Elmham), Money Griggs (Gateley), the late Col. Mason 

 (Necton), Mr. Henry Birkbeck (Stoke Holy Cross), the Messrs. 

 Hudson (of Quarles and Blakeney), Mr. Nicholson (Gressen- 

 hall), Mr. Savory (of Rudham), and Mr. Lombe Taylor (of 

 Starston). Of herds established within the last twenty-five 

 years the most important are those of Sir Willoughby Jones, 

 Bart., Mr. Colman, M.P., and Messrs. Brown (Thursford), and 

 Hammond (of Bale), all of whom have been highly successful 

 in the show-yard of late years. Mr. Tom Brown (of Marham), 

 famous for his Cotswolds, is getting together a very pretty 

 lot of cattle, beginning with heifers from Elmham, and an 

 Eaton bull. Altogether, the red polls are now bred, with 



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