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been since used. Until two years ago, the female purchases had not 

 been extensive, but at the Autumn sale at Bingley Hall a year ago, 

 all the three prize cows were purchased by Mr. Willis, and several 

 very good ones were bought at the Spring sale, while Mr. Bassett's 

 herd supplied a nice Daisy cow and heifer, with one of the Koss 

 G-wynnes, better known as Polly Gwynnes in Cumberland. A few 

 of the favourites are together in the Park ; Maria, a home bred one, 

 is very full of quality, but appears hardly of sufficient scale when 

 compared with the massive red and white Musical from Maisey- 

 hampton. Then Princess, unfortunately without the sufficient four 

 crosses to be recognised as a " thoroughbred," is a beautiful roan, the 

 winner of seventeen prizes, including second at the Bath and West 

 Dorchester Meeting, whereas the year previous, she had been first in 

 the dairy class, being bred at Bapton Manor, some idea of the good 

 qualities of the dairy cows may be gathered, when one of the owner's 

 own breeding can win in so important a meeting as the Bath and 

 West in both the dairy and breeding classes, surely they ought to be 

 all one, and may the day not be far distant when they are united in 

 every breeding stock show in the Kingdom. Viola, another home 

 bred, is a very attractive roan ; Constance Doon, a fine old cow, has 

 distinguished herself by breeding Euckley ; a roan Eose of Oxford, 

 and red and white Bessie, are names familiar with the contents of the 

 herds at Southrop and Maiseyhampton. The team of show cattle 

 are away, but arrive in time for an interview in the morning, when 

 Cheerful Lad, a fourth prize bull at Biugley Hall, bred by Mr. 

 Daniel Arkell, has been very successful locally, and is looked upon 

 as the most promising of them for future honours ; he is exceedingly 

 even and level, but a little more size would be to his advantage. 

 Out of two or three dairy cows which had been exhibited, we prefer 

 Blanche Duchess 4th, well known in Mr. J. J. Sharpe's hands, who 

 exhibited her successfully at the London Dairy Show. In the calves, 

 two roans from Edith Ailesbury and Mermaid, are looked upon 

 with the greatest favour. As to the sires in service in this extensive 

 herd, Mountain Chief 2nd 50080, a heavy fleshed white, shown at 

 several of the leading Society's Meetings by Mr. E. Thompson, will 



