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the most fortunate of the purchases being Countess, by the Barm pt on. 

 Rose bull, Bismarck 28039, from Lady Sarah, a grand-daughter of 

 Mr. Mark S. Stewarts's Countess Anna, from this cow Mr. Porter 

 has a lot of good females, doing those two important things, both 

 breeding and milking well, and in the eligible and non-eligible cattle 

 the right coursa is pursued in keeping none but the best to breed 

 from. 



From Seascale to St. Bses, the railroad enables us to catch a 

 glimpse of the Isle of Man in the far distance, and at the Abbey 

 Farm, near to the Station, Mr. Wm. Fox has been a breeder for 

 many years. The herd is full of good blood, and at many a leading 

 sale of Booth shoi thorns, has Mr. Fox's name appeared in the list of 

 buyers, both in this country, and in Ireland, especially has the latter 

 been often drawn upon, and the first cow seen, Guiding Star, hails 

 fiom Co. Coik, bred by Mr. John Downing, she was the joint 

 produce in 1878, with a red and white bull, named Gauntlet, of 

 Robert Stephenson, and Golden Pin, of the Aylesby "G" tribe. 

 Thus, here is one of the rare instances of a heifer *vhich is twin to a 

 bull, breeding; Guiding Star, has however done so, and two heifers, 

 by Benbicula, and Flapdragon, are now in the herd from her. 

 Nora, a light roan, particularly good over her crops, might be firmer 

 in the loin. Out of Venus, Prudence, and Mabel, all by home bred 

 sires, we incline to regard the last named with most favour, Kathleen 

 5th, a yellowish roan, is of the same foundation as the Mistress 

 Marys, and Princess Louise 2nd, a good dairy like cow, has half a 

 dozen crosses of Booth on a good foundation. Villager, by Mr. 

 Hugh Aylmer's Royal Fame, is now at the head of the Village Rose 

 family, a tribe which deserves more than passing mention, for not 

 only are all the females in England in this herd, but in addition to 

 having, of recent years, passed through the herds of Messrs. Torr, 

 and Chaloner, the latter having bred Sovereign, winner of first prize, 

 and the Townley cup at Dublin, three years in succession ; the 

 foundation is full of Mr. Charge's blood, Western Comet occuring 

 no less than three times in the direct line, and neither at Aylesby, 

 nor Kingsfort, did the tribe languish for want of good sires, as we 



