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handsome cow, does great credit to her sire, Duke Furbelow, and is 

 considered the best in the meadow, while of four in calf heifers, 

 Benefit 2nd, by Lord Hindlip's Knight of Worcester 5th 48125, 

 with a good wide loin and rib, is our choice. Thirteen more heifers 

 are in a water meadow, where we find the best aftermath seen this 

 season, and a number of nice coloured heifers (Bangle's daughter 

 being one of the most prominent), by Big Ben 47486, speak well for 

 the future prosperity of the herd. It is Mr. Allen's intention to 

 continue breeding from his Saversnake purchases, and buy well 

 bred bulls to use in the herd, his intention being to produce a good 

 animal for both milking and grazing, and he informs us that he has 

 found none better than a carefully bred shorthorn. 



Wiltshire, although some distance from Bingley Hall, has had 

 the County very creditably represented at the annual young bull 

 sales of late years, and for this it is mainly indebted to Mr. J. G. 

 Att water, of Britford, whose contributions have not only been 

 greatly admired, but keenly competed for by the public. Mr. 

 Attwater c.ime to Britford about twenty-five years ago, having 

 previously farmed on the Cotswolds, and pure bred cattle were first 

 introduced on the farm at the sale of the larger portion of the 

 Buderop herd in 1871, by the purchase of Moss Rose, named after 

 the tribe from whence she sprang ; after breeding two heifers and a 

 bull, she was sold to Mr. F. Stratton. Songstress, bought the 

 following year at Bingley Hall, has only descendants through her 

 daughter, Songstress 3rd. Mr. T. Hands' sale of 1877, supplied four 

 Chances a family descended from Mr. Lovells' stock at Edgecott 

 Lavender 10th and Miss Pearl 18th, tribes mentioned in connection 

 with the Canley herd as being deep milkers. The Blanches and 

 Didos came from Lord Sudeley's and Mr. Bowley's sales, and the Bell 

 Bates Commemorations, were obtained from Mr. Harding in 1876. 

 It has been Mr. Attwater's custom to usually purchase calves, in 

 order that they might get acclimatized to his farm. With the 

 exception of Mr. Sheldon's Lord Garland 6th 41864 and Duke 

 Furbelow 38116 (a son of Duke of Connaught 33604 and Gladys), 

 all the sires purchased have been of fashionable lineage, Duke of 



