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therein may be said to be more or less " doubtful " as to their 

 breeding state, although hopes are entertained that some two or 

 three may prove in calf, as Bright Cymro 54039 has been running 

 with them during the summer. They are a grand heavy fleshed lot, 

 with great ribs and wide loins, worthy of any herd. Czarina 

 Manoravon and Marchioness Manoravon 4th, have been the pair 

 best known to the public, the former, as already stated, was the York- 

 shire champion female of 1882, and the latter reserve yearling at 

 the Kilburn Eoyal. Charming Alba and Charming Bead 4th, 

 represent the Sweethearts, but ^he Czarinas are the most numerous, 

 White Zoe, a nice ladylike cow the dam of Zoe 5th is here along 

 with two older sisters to the Eoyal winner, which, reposing 

 comfortably in her box at the Home Farm, appears none the worse 

 for her distant journeys, and maintains her remarkably true form, 

 but if exhibited in future years, the judges may easily pass over her 

 undoubted good points, if she does not mature into a cow of greater 

 scale than we give her credit for doing. Eebecca, a Eoyal Saxon 

 cow was bought at Hopton Hall, and Lady Geraldine traces to the 

 Killerby herd through that of Prinknash. It is certainly unsatis 

 factory to owner and manager to have so many fine animals idle on 

 the farm, but surely it is not beyond the skill of our learned 

 professors to discover some sure and infallible remedy for a disease 

 abortion that causes such serious looses in many hards in the 

 country. 



The Bates portion of Sir H. H. Vivian's herd is located on his 

 estate at Park le Breos, eight miles from Swansea, but a dairy herd 

 descended from animals purchased from the Messrs. Arkell and 

 Stratton for their deep milking properties, is at Singleton Park, in 

 close proximity to the town. Some of the best of the lots at the 

 dispersion of the Alton Priors and Dudgrove herds were secured by 

 Sir H. H. Vivian, thus comment on their good frames and shapely 

 udders is unnecessary and our notes will be confined to the 

 choice Bates herd now gathered together on the Park le Breos 

 estate. Both Duchesses and Oxfords are lepresented in the male 

 and female line, or to be correct in writing ol the former will ba as 



