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Strickland in Yorkshire, who had obtained the stock from the family 

 of that name, which was so well known in connection with the breed 

 in this county and from whom the late Mr. Morris bought the first 

 two male animals, to cross his northern purchases. Booth 

 and Bates have both been represented in the sires used at Maisemore 

 Court, but the latter are now in the ascendant, as the cows by the 

 former were found not to be equal to the daughters of the Bates 

 bulls in their milking qualities. The first males bought by Mr. T. 

 Morris were Bel us 8879 from Tort worth and Macdonald 13268, 

 from Hen don, Samson 12041, of Mr. Faulkner's Sweet-briar tribe 

 came next in turn, and Royal Alfred 18748, hired from Carperby, 

 brought in the Booth element, as did Mr. Ackers' Earl of Beeston, 

 although Kent Oxford 20047 and Charleston 21400, from the 

 fashionable Bates herds of North Frith and Holker had intervened, 

 as well as Duke of Devonshire 23738, with a Booth sire, but a dam 

 full of Bates and Princess blood. Grand Duke of Waterloo 34077, 

 was also hired from Mr. C. Hobbs his purchaser at the Sholebroke 

 sale for six months, and Grand Duke Worcester 46456, noticed 

 when writing of Mr. G. J. Bell's herd, appears as active as ever, 

 and if he leaves as good stock in his piesent home as he did when 

 at The Nook, his owner will have no reason to be dissatisfied with 

 him. 



Mr. Morris has endeavoured to breed a good useful clsss of 

 animals which are much wanted in the country, and he cannot be 

 said to have failed in his object, when the grand lot of shorthorn 

 dairy cows are inspected in the yards. Only three females have 

 been bought by the present owner and none of their descendants 

 now remain, all the animals tracing to the original Yorkshire 

 purchases, excepting the stud bull, and consistently named with 

 letters beginning with L. and S. respectively, but as Mr. Morris 

 omits to add numerals to any of the names which in one instance 

 Levity we notice there are no less than five generations, of a similar 

 name, without any distinguishing addition, it requires a little extra 

 care in distinguishing between mother and daughter in our notes. 

 Dairy farmers have come five and six times in succession for the 



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