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Lindsay's Rob Roy 29806, was successfully used. It will be thus 

 seen that it has been Mr. Stratton's practice to introduce fresh blood 

 when required, not by direct crosses, but in a diluted form, except 

 in the use of Bellerophon and Fitz Mowbray, the former having 

 however a Moss Rose sire and the latter, with the gradual intro- 

 duction of Booth blood since 1860, in the Broad Hinton herd, could 

 not be exactly called a direct cross. Such we may add is without 

 doubt the correct method of introducing fresh blood into a herd 

 when required, and not by crosses bred almost " as wide apart as the 

 two poles" as several breeders have tried in late years, thus destroying 

 the typs of the particular tribe in the produce, which should be the 

 principal object of the breeder to maintain. 



After seeing the stock bulls we have Rosy Morn, the pretty 

 successful yearling at Cheltenham, led forth, then a grand Hereford 

 steer bought recently in the neighbourhood, appears equal to 

 assisting the symmetrical Llanwern 19th, in maintaining the honour 

 of The Duffryn at the Christmas shows, the latter is of a family 

 which has been carefully bred from dairy cattle by Mr. Stratton, 

 and produced a number of prize winners, this beautiful maiden 

 heifer has already been first in her class at Birmingham, and unless 

 her quarters form a source of objection to the judges, she should 

 rank as the champion of her sex in the coming contest. Before 

 leaving the buildings we have Llanwern 23rd. which managed to 

 secure premier honours at the Wilts county show. One of the first 

 of the eighteen pedigree dairy cows which are a capital lot of short 

 legged animals, showing abundant signs of milk in their shapely 

 udders is Rosy Gem, a nice style of cow, and the mother of Rosy 

 Morn. Then Maid of Athens has also been an excellent breeder, 

 her son, Acropolis a Royal winner at York and Belus have been 

 used at home. Lily Pale is a giand specimen of the dairy shorthorn, 

 and Birthday Rose has also an extensive udder, but not near so 

 shapely as Lily Dale's. Prudence, a grand arch-ribbed young cow, 

 carrying a lot of flesh, has Crowned Victor for sire, while Cordelia 

 2nd and Wild Rose, are a pair of nice stylish cows. The white 

 Merry Legs is half-sister to Mr. Howell's Merry May, the highest 



