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cultivation, was in the market, and his father 

 leased it for him at a very low rent. 



As soon as he got fairly established he com- 

 menced, in conjunction with his father, to breed 

 shorthorns, and the Scawsby Hall Herd speedily 

 took a leading position in the neighbourhood. 

 Their first purchases were from the herds of Col. 

 Cradock and Mr. Wilkinson, of Lenton, and they 

 subsequently strengthened the herd by tlie intro- 

 duction of several good bulls from the herds of 

 Mr. Sanday, Mr. Willoughby Wood, Mr. 

 Maynard, and Mr. Bates. 



Mr. Mann, although he never allowed preju- 

 dices regarding pedigree to interfere with his 

 judgment when purchasing cattle, had a strong 

 predeliction in favour of the Warlaby blood, 

 affirming that he got more size and that the cattle 

 were better milkers than their rivals from Kirk- 

 levington, and consequently that blood pre- 

 dominated in the herd. 



But he had one prejudice, and that a very 

 strong one, and that was against irregular 

 breeders. None of these would he keep in his 

 herd, and so inexorable was he against this failing 

 that he rarely, if ever, sent cow or heifer to the 

 bull a third time, but fattened and sold them to 

 the butcher if they did not come up to the very 

 hio^h standard he had fixed for reo-ular breeders. 

 Occasionally, nay in the early years of the herd's 

 existence, frequently very good animals were 

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