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Queens, so if the owner carries out his intention of breeding from 

 his present four families, a hsrd of great similarity of character will 

 be the result, with such excellent material to work from, it should be 

 found profitable, as well as pleasurable occupation. Lady Spencer, 

 in company with Queen of Stroxton, is very full of Cambridge Rose 

 blood, of the six top crosses no less than five are of this tribe. 

 Lady Emily Duchess, a daughter of the G-addesby 3rd Duke of 

 Gloucester, is of Sir Charles Knightley's Walnut tribe, with a dash 

 of Booth thro' Second Duke of Bolton ; her descendants are to be 

 named Lady Stroxtons, the first of that name is now suckling a 

 red cow calf in the pastures, where are found the young Roses : 

 by their numbers, there is little fear of Mr. Lynn being able to carry 

 out his father's injunction "to always have a Red Rose at Stroxton." 

 Thorndale Rose Tth's son, roams with his foster mother in company 

 with the three heifer calves, and their sire, Lord Underley Barring- 

 ton 5 1664, is a straight gay looking bull. He is of the favourite 

 " G-i-and Turk" branch of the Barrington tribe, and a grandson on 

 the sire's side of the house of that distinguished pair, Duke of 

 Undarley, and Duchess of Hillhurst 5th. The Berkshires descended 

 from the noted winner, Worcester, are already favourably known, 

 and Lincoln and Hampshire ram breeding is also carried on by Mr. 

 Lynn, and as the demand increases for the former for crossing 

 purposes, so will the supply at Stroxton. 



Mr. J. H. Casswell's herd at Laughton, near to Eolkingham, 

 was bred in its earlier days from six females purchased at Mr. Ostler's 

 sale near Louth, in 1831, and crossed with bulls from Messrs. Dixon, 

 Duckling and Smith ; but of late years the name of Laughton has 

 been familiar to frequenters of the Bingley Hall sale in March, as 

 one of the names attached to certain highly promising young 

 Kirklevington and Lily Bell bulls of almost pure Bates descent. 

 It was to see Mr. Casswell, and his herd, that we travelled from 

 G-rantharn rid Essendine, and Bourn, to Rippingale Station, a 

 circuitous route certainly, but a long drive across country was the 

 only alternative, Mr. Casswell farms about 1,000 acres, widely 

 scattered, and the afternoon finds us driving over his various farms, 



