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Returning north wards once more, Warlaby is reached, and it is 

 needless almost to mention its situation, as what breeder, however 

 his tastes may incline, has not at some period of his life visited, and 

 borne away with him charmed recollections, of the heavily fleshed, 

 compact, arch ribbed, line bred cattle, seen on the rich pastures, or 

 at the homestead, about two miles from Korthallerton, known to all 

 the shorthorn world as the abode of the late Mr. T. C. Booth, not 

 only one of the most respected of shorthorn breeders, but also of the 

 leading agriculturists in this country, to whose interests his early 

 death was so great a loss, and it was mainly owing to his efforts 

 and that of Mr. Jacob Wilson, that the measures for the better 

 prevention of the introduction of Contagious Diseases into this 

 country were passed, from which, not only his herd, but many others 

 had sustained such serious losses. The foundation females of some 

 of the tribes at Warlaby, were selected by Mr. Thos. Booth, the 

 grandfather of Mr. T. 0. Booth, in the latter half of the last century, 

 and at the sales of the brothers Colling, he purchased Albion 14, at 

 Ketton, and Pilot 496, at Barmpton, but the history of the herd to 

 the time of Mr. Carr, publishing his work on the Booth herds, has 

 already been written, and passing on to late years, the most 

 important event occurred on the memorable day at Aylesby in 1875, 

 when the entire herd of the late Mr. W. Torr came into the market, 

 and of the large number then offered, only one family traced to a 

 foundation bred from the stock belonging to the Messrs. Booth, and 

 this went back to Anna, representing the Studley herd, and of 16 

 female descendants brought into the ring, a dozen came to Warlaby, 

 at a cost of 12,000gs., including Bright Empress, the highest priced 

 lot of the day ; and more than half the herd now trace to them, the 

 more numerous however being the Kibys, which although only three 

 were purchased, now exceed those of the nine Brights, as to be 

 expected with eleven years passed over since the sale, all the originals 

 have departed. 



Crossing the road from the buildings, we have fifteen cows and 

 heifers in the pasture, and Lady Charming, the only daughter of 



