SHOHTHORX HKHDS OF ENGLAND. 4/ 



David. Eastern Emperor, Royal Mowbray, and at present King Hal, 

 have been hired from Warlaby, while we must not omit mention o[ 

 British Boy, of the Village Rose tribe, bought when 11 years old 

 f -om his breeder, Mr. William Fox, who was let, while in his Grace's 

 possession, for a short time for use at "Warlaby. 



As to the female portion of the herd which number eighty five 



of fourteen families, it will be most advisable for conciseness to 



notice them in tribes. We drive to the Dairy Farm first, and have 



Lady Elizabeth, a handsome daughter of Royal Stuart, and Lady 



Mary, paraded before us, this heifer is a grand-daughter of Lady 



Jane, and is of the Cowslip family, twenty strong, and the most 



numerous of any in the herd. The original cow, Cowslip, was 



bought about 50 years ago by the late Mr. Patten from a Mr. 



Patterson, of Woodhouses, in the neighbourhood of Alnwick, she 



was a great milker, yielding when newly calved 32 quarts of milk per 



day, and 16 Ibs. of butter per week, Mr. Patten has heard his 



father describe her, as a long, straight, level, archribbed cow, but 



rather short of hair ; a painting of a fat heifer, her great great 



grand-daughter, hangs in Mr. Patten's office, with the following 



remarks beneath it, "she was slaughtered Dec. 18th, 1844 when 



threb years nine months old, weighed live weight when fasted 177 



stone, imperial weight (141bs to the stone), the fore quarters were 



126 stone 7 Ibs, loose tallow 11 stone, and hide 6 stone 12 Ibs." 



Sunlight, a white, by Polar Star, from Sunshade, is of a slightly 



different branch of the Cowslips to Lady Elizabeth, and a thick good 



heifer very full of hair. At the Home Farm we have Sunshade, by 



Sir Eaymond, a fine, round ribbed cow, with a feminine head, and 



beautiful clear eye, the dam of Sunlight, and Sunflower ; she has 



been a regular breeder, and is due to calve her fifth calf in February. 



Sunflower, by Eastern Emperor, is a grand young cow, deep before 



with a fine neck vien, good broad loin, rib well sprung, and quarters 



lengthy and well filled, twice has she been first at the County Show, 



and it is Mr. Patten's intention to try for higher honours, if she can 



be got in calf, it being now eight months since she had one. From. 



the Home Farm we drive to Bassington, where the majority of the 



