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cows. It is Mr. Parkin's intention to have the animal as well as 

 pedigree, and to gradually draft the large herd of shorthorns, over 

 90 in number, which have now become his property, as well as aid 

 by occasional purchases, until it becomes a high class Bates herd, no 

 doubt the correct principle to act upon, if it were unfortunately not a 

 question of pounds, shillings, and pence, with too many of the landed 

 community, who are induced, in the hope of profiting by the fact of 

 animals having some sott of a pedigree, to gain something more 

 than common market price, by sending them to a combined sale, or 

 having a draft one of their own, usually ending in disappointment. The 

 late Mr. Parkin bred shorthorns previously to founding the present 

 herd about 1877, and Oxford Beau 4th, bred at Kingscote, Baron 

 Winsome 8th, and Baron Oxford 12th, at Holker, have been amongst 

 the sires used at Blaithwaite of late years. 



After seeing the recent purchases, we have several more cows 

 near at hand, none better than Rose Cardigan, a fine, lengthy, cow, 

 by Mr. Foster's Wigton, out of Louisa Cardigan, curiously Mr. 

 Parkin has two families named Cardigans, but of entirely different 

 origin, this one having a long descent tracing to a cow, bred by 

 Messrs. James, of Stamford, and which some years ago had a home 

 at Killhow, and the other, from Gowan Cardigan 3rd, and Gowan 

 Cardigan 5th, purchased from Mr. G. Dixon. of Mantle Hill, are of 

 much shorter lineage, and of the latter branch, the descendants of 

 the younger are considered the better animals. The next cow is 

 also a Cardigan, with the prefix of Princess, a straight neat quartered 

 animal, one of the daughters of Col. Kingscote's Oxford Beau 4th. 

 Lady Friend, a massive dark roan, is from a Lady Fortunate, bought 

 at Wauldby. Blaithwaite Cowslip, is one of three sisters, from 

 Cowslip 22nd, bred at Shotley Hall, where at the sale in 1876, they 

 made good prices. Knight of Worcester 6th, a stylish dark roan, 

 bred at Hindlip, has improved considerably since we saw him 

 twelve months ago, and has now developed into a lengthy good bull, 

 he is the only sire in use at Blaithwaite, but his owner is on the 

 look out for a colleague. A short drive brings us to some extra 

 grass land, taken by Mr. Parkin. In the first field are half a dozen 



