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Laundress 2nd, tracing through Lunette, to Lady by Cecil 120, were 

 bought at Capt. Winnall's sale. Other purchases were made at 

 Earl Beauchamp's in 1^82, namely Lady Adria, a representative of 

 Mr. Charles Colling's Moss Rose, and Sunshine ~>th, of short descent, 

 from Eillpnil, by Duke William 11400. The present herd is 

 composed entirely of these four tribes, the most numerous being the 

 Dowkes. and undoubtedly the best of the twenty -three animals 

 which compose Mr. Rankin's list of shorthorns. Duchess 3rd, a 

 grand -daughter of the original purchase, possesses great substance 

 and squareness of frame, she and her daughter, Grand Duchess, by 

 Col. Kingscote's Duke of Hazlecote 54th 44684, are excellent types 

 of what pedigree shorthorns ought to be, while the stylish Dowke 

 loth, has proved an excellent breeder, having a pretty red cow calf 

 by her side, which is own sister to Daffodil, the much admired 

 heifer exhibited at Bingley Hall, where the best of the two year olds 

 and yearlings were sent, and the rich roan Dowke 16th, which 

 stood by her sick', had both the same sire and grand-dam. Ada, from 

 Lady Adi ia, although the second p. ize heifer at Birmingham is truly 

 made, but lacks the style and substance of the Dowkes, which are 

 her half-sisters on the sire's side. Laundress 4th, an extremely 

 heavy milker and quick breeder, has produced eleven calves, and 

 only recently entered her twelfth year, but the female offspring do 

 not compare favourably in quality with the first named tribe, yet 

 Mr. Shaw Mr. Rankin's agent informs us that he has a ready sale 

 at good paving prices for all bulls of this family, on account of their 

 excellent dairy properties. Connaught 54120, the male now in 

 service, is of great length, style, and quality, and has for his sire, 

 Mr. Bassett's Connaught Lad 47619 a son of Duke of Connaught 

 33604 and Mr. J. D. Willis' Blanche Duchess 4th, winner of many 

 a dairy prize, is his dam. Mr. Rankin is not altogether wrapped up 

 in the " red, white and roan," but is a staunch admirer of the 

 "natives," of which a herd of seventy strong are excellent of their 

 kind. In the buildings are the stud bulls, Cicero a son of the 

 renowned Lord Wilton and Royal Grove 4th, by another celebrated 

 sire, The Grove 3rd. Giant-ing across the yard we are in sight of 



