1 ; :>O SHOltTHOKN HERDS OF ENGLAND. 



Pern hy 11, has been in service since his purchase at Wicken Park, 

 first as assisting the Grand Duke, afterwards Duke of Cornwall 4th 

 4776^1, hiied from Hindlip, and now in his 10th year having Duke 

 of Whittlebury 47788, for his colleague, he is still active and healthy, 

 and since the Hindlip bull's departure, is being* freelv used to the 

 Duchesses. Mr. Loder has only had one sale, and that could hardly 

 be looked upon as a draft with an average of over a hundred but 

 three years ago. 



The Duchesses, are bound to have first notice in the herd, both 

 on account of their ancient and honourable descent, and in this 

 instance, because they are the most numerous of any family at 

 Whittlebury, numbering 14 females, and 5 males, certainly Mr. Loder 

 may have pleasure in comparing the breeding record of his Duchesses 

 with any other leading Bates or Booth tribe in the kingdom, and 

 from what we see the " health " record also, as out of the thirteen 

 Duchesses of Whittlebury bred by him. only the Second and Third 

 fail to put in an appearance, here at any rate the tribe do not appear 

 to die off at an early period of their existence, nor be given to breeding 

 a larger proportion of males over females, as fifteen of the latter have 

 been born in Mr. Loder's possession as against eight of the former, 

 and yet no extra pampering in the rearing of the offspring of the 

 noble parents is allowed, Knightleys, Gwynnes, Darlingtons, and 

 Red Roses, all sharing alike. Duchess of Hillhurst 3rd, after being 

 purchased by Mr. Loder, was sent to Duke of Tregunter 7th 38194, 

 at Over Darwen, and the produce, the first Duchess of Whittlebury, 

 grazes contentedly with her dam, and a grand-daughter, by Grand 

 Duke 41st 46439, out of the Second. The Millbeckstock purchase 

 although looking blooming and well, is unfortunately idle ; in 

 addition to the cow already mentioned she bred the Second, 

 Third, and Fifth, before having Duke of Whittlebury, to Grand 

 Duke 41st, now assisting the Oxford bull at the stud. The oldest 

 daughter followed her dam's example by adding the Fourth, Ninth, 

 and Twelfth, and the Ninth is, if anything, better looking than the 

 dam, and her half-sister the Seventh, by Grand Duke 41st, from the 

 Third, is very lengthy with excellent fore quarters. The Fourth, and 



