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developing into a massive bull, very level, and now looking extremely 

 well. He is a grandson of the imported Duchess of Kirklevington, 

 by Fourth Duke of Geneva ,30958, so well known in Mr. Abe 

 Renick's herd, in Kentucky, and a great grandson of Kirklevington 

 llth, bred by Mr. Harvey, and exported to the States. The Lady 

 Margarets form a most excellent group of cows, the Second, a fine old 

 white, is full of shorthorn grace and character, she was sold at the 

 late sale to Mr. Hoddell, but Miss Isabella Graham, who has also 

 bred a small herd at the stud farm in addition to her brother, loth 

 to see so fine a cow depart from Yardley purchased both the cow 

 and calf as an addition to her herd. The Fourth, having a Charmer 

 sire, and the Sixth, a Fantail, are a grand pair, particularly the latter, 

 which combines flesh, scale and substance in wonderful proportion. 

 The Eighth, is the first born of the Sixth, and then Patience 3rd, 

 descending from Lorelei's daughter, Frivolity, and Violetta 4th, of 

 the Clifton Pastures branch, complete the bevy of Foggathorpe 

 matrons, and in no other herd in England are such a choice collection 

 to be found. The herd which numbered nearly ninety head have 

 been considerably thinned by the large draft offered in April, and 

 now consists almost entirely of Foggathorpes so far as Mr. Y. R. 

 Graham's portion is concerned, considering how well they have bred, 

 he might do worse than attempt to rear a herd of this one tribe, like 

 Mr. Eobaits has done with the Seraphinas. Unfortunately 

 time did not permit of seeing some of the heifers in a distant 

 meadow. In addition to the two Lady Margarets before mentioned, 

 Miss Graham's het d consists of the Lady Jocelyn branch of the J's 

 formerly at The Oaklands of which Bella Jocelyn 3rd, and Lady 

 Whitecroft 2nd, are two well grown handsome c^ws, not disgraced 

 in the company of the Foggathorpes, and some fine dairy like 

 animals known a? Marie Stuarts tracing to a red cow bred by Mr. 

 Bates of King's Heath, which gave for a considerable period after 

 calving, 32 quarts per diem, and her descendants now possess six 

 and seven crosses of Knightley and Bates blood. 



The Shropshires, at Yardley, are bred from the flocks of Mr. 

 Geo. Graham, and other noted breeders, some of the owes having 



