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milking cows, numbering twenty, include some very fine specimens 

 of dairy shorthorns, combining size, flesh, and milk, especially 

 prominent are the three sisters and two Flowers, already noted; 

 Pimpernel, and Filagree, the latter the only daughter left of Pair 

 Thane. Not of such large scale are Birthday, a very stylish little 

 cow, of a family obtained from Mr. Faulkner, and Hardy, wonder- 

 fully well shaped and compact, descended from Harmless, bought as 

 already mentioned in 1858. 



East Hadclon, where Mr. J. Cooper began a small herd in 1878, 

 by the purchase of some J. cows and a bull from Mr. J. N. Beasley, 

 is 2| miles from Althorp Park, and at the present time this tribe 

 are the most numerous family in the herd, having been found by 

 Mr. Cooper to be both good milkers and quick feeders. Following 

 Mr. Beasley's bulls were two of the same tribe bred at Weston 

 Park, and at present Royal Duke 52032, a son of Grand Duke 

 34th 41642, and Lady Louisa's Duchess 10th, of a fine old line of 

 blood, is in service. In the same year as the first cow was purchased, 

 Mr. Bagshawe's old established herd was dispersed ; three females 

 were then obtained, and the mating of these animals, and their 

 produce with the bulls already mentioned, has answered well. Two 

 of the Old Daisys bought from Mr. C. H. Bassett, have multiplied 

 into half a dozen, and the cows are possessed of large frames and 

 good udders. The herd is kept in a natural state, the cows running 

 out winter and summer, and it is the owner's intention to have 

 them all of one uniform red colour, and to retain their present 

 milking properties. 



Catthorpe Towers, four miles from Rugby, is only just within the 

 borders of the county of Leicester, and Mr. J. P. Cross, following Mr. 

 Cooper's example, contemplates having a herd of entirely red 

 shorthorns from his purchases at the dispersion of the Althorp and 

 Killerby herds, and a fine red cow, Joyful, brought from Mr. J. Cooper, 

 and two or three pedigree animals he found on the premises after 

 purchasing the estate in 1880. Mr. Cross first used Grand Gwynne 

 4th 41655, bred at Elford, who has left a number of very fine red 

 cows out of the ordinary stock ; Lord Shendish Fawsley 3rd 53217, 



