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Kirklevington bull was in service from 1872 to 1874, and since the 

 giving up of the Siddington herd, the same line of breeding has been 

 continued, Wellesley 32nd 48931 and Hindlip 28th 54329, of the 

 Musical tribe having been purchased from Maiseyhampton. The 

 latter, still in service, was highly commended in a large class at 

 Bingley Hall, while his dam won the dairy prize at Chipping Norton. 

 His colleague, Winsome Duke 2nd 53875, a handsome level dark 

 roan, is a son of Grand Duke Harrington 4th 37975 and that 

 magnificent cow, Mr. Titley's AVinsome Colleen. 



From thirty to forty cows are generally in milk, and as to the 

 capabilities in that respect, one of them had died from milk fever a 

 few days previous to our visit, the owner having endeavoured to 

 encourage the dairy properties as much as possible by the use of 

 bulls from good milking families. The Roses of Oxford have the 

 most ancient descent of the families that passed through Mr. Bowly's 

 hands, as they trace to the days of the brothers Colling, but in 

 numbers they are more than doubled by the Fairies which as in the 

 .days of old are very numerous and form quite a nice herd when they 

 are added together, thirty- three being the grand total. In addition 

 to the Fourth Duke of Oxford cow's name Fairy being continued, 

 her dam's, Fair Star, has been revived, and of the three first of the 

 latter name, the Second is the best of the trio, while the Twenty-fifth, 

 also seen in the same pasture close to Hatherop has a grand 

 capacious udder. The Roses of France have only four crosses 

 beyond the Oxford and Kirklevington bulls used at Siddington, yet 

 are as good cattle as the Rose of Oxfords, and the Twenty-second 

 is thought the best of the first pasture. The Cloudy Morns have 

 not so lengthy a descent as the last family, while the Rubies and 

 Gazelles are two of the tribes retained by Mr. Bowly for the greater 

 portion of his career as a breeder. The four other families at 

 Southrop, are the Blanches bought at the dispersion of the late Mr. 

 C. Barnett's herd in 1876; Dulces, from a cow of that name, bought 

 two years later at Dudgrove, and Dulce 5th is an especially good 

 cow ; Tulips, of the Walnut branch of the Knightleys and Didos 

 were obtained at West Ogwell the same year as th<? Blanches were 



