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Wine 52070, the purest Knightley bull in existence was bought at 

 the dispersion of Mr. J. H. Blundell's herd, for the use of the heifers, 

 as Hey don Duke llth 48024 a grand massive son of Duke of 

 Con naught purchased from Lord Braybrooke, is the sire of many 

 of them. Mr. Garner's herd numbering between seventy and eighty, 

 Laughton Duke llth, was also bought at Bingley Hall in March. 

 Our first visit is naturally to the farm buildings, and we have shown 

 us half-a-dozen yearling heifers by Sir H. Allsopp's Knight of 

 Worcester 2nd 45024, which do credit to him as a sire; the Walnuts 

 claim tha best in the deep fronted Gladsome, who is also very good 

 in her rib and wide across her loin. Lilac 2nd, and Queen Dido 

 2nd, both red and little white, are of the Lumley and Dido tribes, 

 the latter when first led out is considered the best of the three, but 

 on more carefully comparing their merits, we are compelled to 

 decide in favour of Gladsome, a really pretty heifer. Marchioness 

 Knightley 3rd, a well bred specimen of the Primroses, is full of good 

 flesh, and shows signs of also combining the milk producing qualities 

 for which the Knightley s have been so famous, here we have the 

 best of several Darlingtons, unfortunately a white, or Mr. Garner 

 might have expected the top price of his sale to have been realized 

 by her, as she has every prospect of growing into a nice cow. 

 Another good heifer seen at the buildings is Gazette 5th, a grand- 

 daughter of Gazelle 27th, sold for over 300gs. at the Broadway sale. 



Driving down to the Oxhall farm, where the land is contiguous 

 to the Avon, and naturally of superior quality to that at The Wolds, 

 the animals are found in two different meadows, a square, deep 

 bodied, round ribbed, good coloured heifer, named Constance, is the 

 first observed, and in her companionship is her younger own sister. 

 Two more own sisters out of the Walnut cow, Symbol, are together : 

 white, and roan, are their colours, and they are a pair of very useful 

 heifers. Gladys, a fine red cow, by Marquis of Oxford, is likewise 

 a Walnut, and half sister to Eose Walnut 2nd, successfully 

 exhibited at Bingley Hall. Five and twenty is the number of the 

 occupants of the other meadow, and here again the Walnuts are 

 well to the front, Glendora (the mother of Gladys), is wonderfully 



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