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of the fine old matron, Kirklevington Duchess 9th ; Lady Great 

 Eyes 2nd and Lady Wotton, two excellent "Wild Eyes heifers ; 

 Cassandra, a well bred Chaff, and Carraway, a nice little Craggs, to 

 which family he added Duchess Craggs 7th, one of the handsomest 

 heifers at the Suinmersbury sale. Banning contributed in addition to 

 the future lord of the harem, Chancellor of Oxford, bought very 

 cheaply considering his breeding; Marchioness of Kirklevington 4th, 

 of the same branch as the Tortworth purchase ; Lady Sussex 4th, 

 by Duke of Oxford 67th 40473, out of Lady Worcester 23rd, a very 

 fine cow, and Countess of Banning, a handsome red Charmer heifer, 

 that had been exhibited by Mr. Leney, at the Pi-eston Eoyal. Mr. 

 Wills has now got the materials together for forming a well bred 

 herd, but it still requires sound judgement, good management and 

 time, to bring it to a satisfactory termination. 



Mr. Gr. E. King, of Elm Farm, although only recently elected 

 a member of the Shorthorn Society has baan doing what we should 

 like to see every farmer attending to, who keeps a breeding stock of 

 cattle> viz : to have a private hard book, and register each calf with 

 its sire as they are born, and when he retires from agricultural pur- 

 suits, he may find himself the owner of a herd worth many hundreds 

 of pounds more than they would have been if sold as ordinary good 

 cross-bred dairy cattle, have not many Royal winners had but very 

 short pedigrees, yet it requires the master eye, which to sell and 

 which to retain. Mr. King's aim is to breed a herd, rather than 

 obtain one by purchasing, and for that reason his purchases have 

 been but limited, yet at the North-east Somersetshire's show held 

 near the neighbouring village of Keynsham, a few days previous to 

 our visit, twenty entries had been made in various classes of different 

 kinds of live stock pertaining to the farm, only one being unnoticed, 

 and one of the others gaining a champion, equalized matters, 

 while it may be added that during the past six years, 330 honours 

 have been obtained in the show yard. 



Utility 35841, of Mr. Ben Wilson's Certainty tribe was 

 bought, at Childwick Hall, a dozen years ago, and used successfully 

 for four seasons. He was followed by Meditation 40432, also from 



