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O/ilevrorth 31008, from that fine old cow Dora, being first purchased 

 in 1872, and followed the year after by his own brothers, Second and 

 Third Dukes of Berkeley, bought at Lord Fitzhardinge's sale. The 

 Wild Eyes tribe have of late supplied three sires, viz : two Knights 

 of Worcester, from Hiridlip, and Winsome Duke 48969, seen at 

 Mr. Allen's, having been first brought South by Mr. Attwater. 



The thirty-eight cows in milk appear well able to contribute 

 their share to the dairy, where butter making is carried on. Lavender 

 14th, has quite the character of a shorthorn, and Queen 7th, is a very 

 level young cow, by Duke Furbelow 38116, from a daughter of one 

 of the purchases at The Hawthorns. Pearl 6th and Pearl 8th, two 

 light roans, the former with a particularly nice shaped udder, and 

 the latter a thick massive cow, are not of the Canley sort, but trace 

 to Pearl, a daughter of White Neptune, by 4th Duke of Thorndale 

 17750, obtained by Mr. Attwater from Mr. J. Stephen, in Hamp- 

 shire. Alboni 2nd, a squarely built good cow, is out of Alboni, bred 

 at Stonylane, while Moss Eoses, Fifth and Eighth, are from own 

 sisteis, but by different sires. Several of the animals have not been 

 turned from their byres into the yard, and amongst these we notice 

 a useful red Pearl, of the Canley family ; three good Queens, all as 

 useful as the first seen ; Dido 6th, out of a 3rd Duke of Clarence 

 cow, bought at Siddington ; Ceres 23rd, from the older of the heifers 

 purchased from Lord Sudeley. has but newly calved a red bull. 

 Since the sale of Winsome Duke to Mr. Allen, Mr. Attwater has 

 used two of his home bred young bulls, and he has several very 

 promising youngsters coming on for Birmingham, but the heifers 

 are out on some extra keep, which has had to be taken owing to the 

 summer. 



On the estate of Bapton Manor, adjoining the river Wylie, 

 belonging to Mr. J. D. AVillis, are found an excellent dairy of cows, 

 not only with good udders, but many of them showing considerable 

 shorthorn character, which as many are still uneligible for Coates', 

 must be accounted for by the continued use of pedigree sires, 

 beginning with Sunrise 25252, bought from Mr. J. Stratton, in 1867, 

 no less than ten males of the blood of the Messrs. Stratton have 



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