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we notice are well set always a great improvement to a heavy milker. 

 Mr. P. H. Rowland son who is another lover of shorthorns in this 

 cattle breeding district, has bis farm buildings situate near the River 

 Eden on the outskirts of the town, in close proximity to his business 

 premises so that he can exercise a watchful eye over both at the same 

 time. The herd although not reaching double figures in number, 

 contains females of good blood, notably six of so good a sort as the 

 Certaintys of Brawith fame, May Queen, by Mr. T. E. Pawlett's 

 Ranger, and a great grand-daughter of White Certainty, by Mr. Ben 

 Wilson's Squire 2nd 13778, would head a higher bred family than 

 the old Certaintys with credit. May Pride, and May Blossom, are 

 own sisters of '81 and '82, by Julius 41734, out of May Queen : from 

 the former, Mr. Rowlandson has an excellent roan bull calf, by Wild 

 Monarch, as well as a promising two year old by the Earl of Lathoin's 

 Wild Prince 15th; May Bud, and May Queen 2nd, are yearlings 

 from the old cow, and the younger daughter, by bulls of the 

 Lauristina tribe. Comely Cressida 2nd, a pretty red calf of the 

 Cressida family, is by that excellent stock getter Beau Benedict. 

 Two choicely bred heifers, Lady Booth 13th, and Queen of the 

 Meadow, by the Warlaby Royal Sceptre, the former virtually pure 

 Booth, and the latter a Rosamond, have since been purchased at the 

 dispersion of the Cleasby herd. 



Carhullan, bred by Mr. A. Metcalfe-Gribson, by Royal Brilliant 

 from his show cow Piincess Louise is coming on for service, if Mr. 

 Rowlandson judiciously crosses the four families he now has, in a 

 few years he should get together a nice little herd sufficient to be a 

 pleasure, and yet not a toil in his leisure hours. 



To the north of Kirkby Stephen lies the village of Brough, 

 associated in many North Country minds with the annual autumn 

 Brough Hill horse fair, and betwixt the two is Kaber Fold, where 

 shorthorns of Booth blood have been bred by Mr. Win. Dent since 

 he first made a purchase at the Stores sale in September, 1 870, followed 

 in '71, by Susan, bred at Sheriff Hutton, of the Souerby family v^hich 

 Mr. Linton originally bought at Warlaby. she was purchased when 



