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and Lord Churchill 53142, were also reds ; and James 53031, bred 

 by Mr. Cooper, out of Joyful, of the old established J. family, a 

 straight even bull of the same fashionable colour, occupy one of the 

 two commodious boxes erected for the male animals at the Home 

 Farm ; as the result of using these sires it is not easy to 

 distinguish the 17 calves occupying the paddock adjoining the yard, 

 only one being other than red or red and little white. The build- 

 ings are substantially constructed, and very convenient in every 

 respect, the only regret we have on walking through them is, that 

 it is not within the means of all landlords to build such a handsome 

 set of buildings for every good sized farm. 



The Catthorpe Towers herd may almost be said to be a continua- 

 tion of Earl Spencer's, as eight of the heifers were purchased at the 

 Althorp sale, five of which, known as the Duchess Sarahs, descend 

 from Snowdrop, purchased by Earl Spencer at the Tortworth sale of 

 1853 for 120gs. Fiom Primrose, a very fine cow, with Mr. 

 Longman's Lord Shendish Fawsley for sire, it is intended to lay 

 the foundation of a family, and her daughter, Primrose League, by 

 Lord Churchill, amongst the heifers, is likely to grow into as good 

 an animal as her dam. Miss Elford Pearl, a wealthy good short- 

 legged sort, is considered the best of the cows ; Joyful (the dam of 

 James), was a private purchase from Mr. J. Cooper; and Celia 6th, 

 a very heavy milker was bred at Coundon ; Elegance 7th and Ele- 

 gance 9th, are own sisters, tracing to No. 25 Chilton sale ; and 

 Viscountess Jersey 4th, and Duchess Sarah 21st, are two more 

 daughters of Grand Duke 35th, hailing from Althorp. Oi the four 

 we are inclined to prefer the older of the Elegance sisters. After 

 a long walk on the estate and seeing some useful grazing cattle, we 

 came to another group of shorthorns, consisting of three Duchess 

 Sarahs, and the Killerby Georgie heifer, Lady Gwendoline, the last 

 named, is looking well, and failing to hold to the service given at 

 the sale, she was put to James, to which sire she is now considered 

 safe in calf. 



Thurmaston Lodge, three miles from Leicester, has long been 

 associated with the name of Mr. T. Allen in the shorthorn world. 



