SHORTHORN HERDS OF KNWLAND. 9 



shorthorns have been bred by their family for four generations. 

 The deceased owner's great-grandfather, Mr. John Greenwood, 

 (who lived at Keightley), was a partner in business with Mr. 

 Whittaker, of Burley-in- Wharf dale, and, in 1837, his, i.e., Mr. 

 John Greenwood's name appears in vol. v. of the Herd-book as a 

 breeder ; his son Frederick continued the herd, both at Rysworth, 

 near Bingley, and Xorton Conyers, near Ripon ; at his death in 

 1863, the father of the late owner bought several of the cows, and 

 established the present Swarcliffe herd. Fairy, by Mr. F. H. 

 Fawkes' Humphrey Clinker 13055 proved the most prolific of the 

 '63 purchases, and two families trace to Clorinne and Sibyl, bought 

 at the same time. Revival, from Farnley, is the only more recent 

 acquisition that is represented in the female line. Mr. Greenwood 

 had the advantage of having for his great-uncle the Rev. Thomas 

 Staniforth, who during the past 30 years has continually helped the 

 herd by the use of bulls from Storrs, all the following having been 

 lent by or purchased from him, viz. : Grindelwald 26323, High 

 Constable 34158, Peer of the Realm 27057, Knight of Windermere 

 38533, Arbutus 44315, and Heather King 39984. We are fortunate 

 enough in climbing the steep hill leading out of the Nidd Valley to 

 accidentally come across the herdsman, the owner being from home, 

 we are soon looking at the contents of the comfortable looking 

 stone-built buildings and find Mountain Dew, by Knight of the 

 Shire, a grand specimen of Mr. Torr's "M's," with a box to herself, 

 she came from Lord Tankerville's sale, and her son Mountain Boy, 

 a red, by Mr. T. H. Hutchinson's Riby Star, is intended for home 

 use. Foxglove, one of High Constable's daughters, now eleven 

 years old, is a good old sort with excellent dairy properties, her 

 sister Fluellin, by Knight of Windermere, a large massive cow, 

 is especially well ribbed up. Conference, Calais-Douvres, and 

 Cashmere, all trace to " Corinne," the first-named being an 

 excellent breeder and a good dairy cow, as to Cashmere she has 

 not had a calf for twelve months and still kept in milk, 

 so it is evident that the dairy is not the last consideration here. 

 Lady Rainsay, born in February, '80, is the oldest of a family 



