80 SHORTHORN HERDS OF ENGLAND. 



ation of Meteor, and Butterfly, bred by Messrs. Robert and Charles 

 Colling, wers obtained at Middle Farm ; the legend goes that they 

 are descendants of Mr. Lowry Calvert's cow, whose great production 

 of butter is mentioned by Touatt, in his work, at any rate, Dora 2nd, 

 was worthy of such a descent as she gave 30 quarts a day for several 

 months after each calving, proved by measurement. Tulip 3rd, and 

 Tulip 4th, mother and daughter, are a pair of shorthorn like cows, 

 very sweet in their head and horn. Dora 4th, by a home bred 

 Waterloo bull, with her red and white cow calf, are the sole repre- 

 sentatives of the Dora branch. 



The most numerous tribe at Mereside are the Blossoms, origin- 

 ally from Mr. Hetherington's, but obtained from a neighbour's sale 

 at Aspati-ia, and also may be said of them that in addition to being 

 excellent milkers, some of Mr. Todd's best animals are of this 

 family. Blossom 10th, the original purchise, was a great heifer 

 breeder having ten calves, and with the exception of the last, all 

 of the female sex. Blossom 15th, a red roan, by Mr. A. 



Brogden's Grand Duke of Lightburne 2nd 26291, has Blossom 28th, 

 a capital heifer now in the herd, and her son, Baronet, is the sire of 

 a very pretty yearling, out of Blossom 19th. Blossoms 20th, and 

 24th, are half sisters to the 15th, the latter one of the finest cows 

 in the herd, and the 27th, out of the 19th, is half sister to the 

 yearling before alluded to, their dam a winner of several prizes, had 

 taken the fancy of Mr. Mattinson, and been shipped to Buenos 

 Ayres last autumn. The 31st, and 32nd. are not yet a month old, so 

 there will be no lack of Blossoms for some time to come. A herd 

 can hardly be called of any note in this County, unless the owner 

 possesses a Gwynne, and Mereside is quite in the fashion, having 

 three of the "Polly " branch, considered to be second to none, with 

 Polly Gwynne 10th, a good old sort, and the oldest female in the 

 herd, at their head. The uniting of a Polly Gwynne male and female 

 cannot be said to have succeeded in Malvina Grwynne, but her little 

 half sister, Wild Eyes Gwynne, appears likely to grow into the same 

 good stamp of a cow as their mother, Polly Gwynne 10th. The first 

 Waterloo was obtained from Mr. R. B. Hetherington's sale, at Park 



