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Primrose 2nd, mother, and daughter, respectively, do not disgrace 

 the Primrose tribe, as they graze side by side ; and lastly are the 

 Furbelows, Furbelow Princess, one of the two females being the dam 

 of a very handsome bull, Prince of Weston, placed third in the 50 

 class at Birmingham last March. 



Studley Castle, about a dozen miles from Shakespeare's birth- 

 place, is the seat of Mr. T. Eades Walker, who for some years 

 represented East AVorcestershire, and is also well known as an 

 owner and breeder of racehorses. During the past few years his 

 name has frequently appeared in the prize lists of the cattle classes 

 at various Society's Shows, and in the last two seasons nearly 100 

 of his exhibits have been noticed, and a good beginning, has since 

 our visit, been made in the present season. The Park and rich 

 pastures of Studley have been famous for their shorthorns as long 

 as the oldest inhabitant can remember. Mr. Walker was a purchaser 

 at the dispersion of Sir F. L. H. Goodrick's herd in 1861, and when 

 two years later, the property came into his family by purchase, very 

 little time was lost in laying the foundation of the herd which now 

 numbers over 100. Grand Duke 9th 19879, was knocked down to 

 Mr. Walker's father at the historical sale held in Willis' Booms 

 in 1867, he was in service many years at Berkswell, and after the 

 sale which took place in 1872 many of the best specimens went to 

 Stadley, since which time no trouble or expense has ever been spared, 

 and by ignoring fashion, and even pedigree, except when combined 

 ,with the milking and feeding properties, a herd of cattle has been 

 exhibited, which not only holds its own in the various showyards of 

 the country, but pays its way in the dairy, and provides the markets 

 of the Midland Counties with beef, which is their pride at Xmas 

 time. Young bulls are annually sent to the March show and sale 

 in Bingley Hall, where they have made satisfactory averages every 

 year since its establishment, and many have at different times been 

 exported to Canada, and the States, as well as to Belgium and other 

 parts of Europe ; while many a Warwickshire tenant farmer has 

 improved his stock by taking advantage of the opportunity offered 

 to them of acquiring a well bred bull at a moderate price. Not long 



