20 SHORTHORN HKRDS OF ENGLAXD. 



14 years old at Mr. Neasham's sale near Darlington, after breeding 

 three heifers and a bull, she was sent to the butcher in her 20th 

 year ; at present nineteen of the female portion of the herd descend 

 from her. In the spring of '76 Lady Blush, tracing to Ophelia, by 

 Mr. John Booth's Hamlet 8126, was purchased from Mr. Mitchell, 

 of Cleasby, and there are nine females of the family now at Kaber 

 Fold. Susan, and Lady Blush, were both thick, short legged cows, 

 with good udders, the greater part of the herd is now descended 

 from them, and we are told that the pedigree shorthorns here kept 

 as ordinary stock, are found to pay better than non-pedigree cattle. 

 This is surely encouragement in the midst of the depression, it would 

 be even more so, if the readers of this work could see the district 

 on a winter's day. 



The sires used in the herd, always of Booth blood, have been 

 highly bred and from some excellent cows, Warlaby 32792, bred by 

 Mr. Unthank, being from St. Crispin 2nd. Earl of Sheffield 33812, 

 a son of Queen of the Georgians, Champion cow at the Liverpool 

 Royal, was followed by Prince Rupert 45417, another Georgie bull 

 of Mr. Ackers's from the Killerby Patience Heatherstone. The sire 

 now in use is Rose-Noble, 48605, a squarely made, short legged bull, 

 which was purchased from the Rev. Thos. Staniforth, he is a grand- 

 son of White Rose, bred at Warlaby, and sold at Millbeckstock for 

 300 guineas, on her return from Canada. Since our visit the young 

 Hecuba bull, King Acorn 53052, bred at Grimston Park, has been 

 purchased to succeed Rose-Noble. 



Welcome, one of old Susan's daughters, by Warlaby, is a big 

 fine cow, being turned into beef, her daughter Welcome's Queen, by 

 Earl of Sheffield, has not the great size of the dam : Hannah's Queen, 

 in addition to being full sister in blood to Welcome's Queen, was 

 born on the same day, and they are a pair of very useful, general 

 purpose cows. Lady Manfred, a white by Manfred Booth, and Lady 

 Regent, by Mr. John Booth's Prince Regent, are daughters of Lady 

 Blush, and the latter a fine cow of the Booth type ; the Lady Booths 

 of shorter and strictly more pure descent also originated from Cleasby, 



