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Llangattock Park. Mr. Homfray's Eonmon 52892, and Mr. 

 Stratton's Prodigal, were the earlier sires, Minstrel Boy, a promising 

 son of the latter, and Minstrel 6th, being now in service, wliile a 

 rich roan calf bred by Mr. W. W. Slye, combining the Sweetheart 

 blood on both sides of the house, has been purchased to succeed him. 



CHAPTER XVII. 



The Shropshire Herds. Uffington. Adcote. Broom House. Plasyn 

 Grove. Hanley Hall. Garth Hall. Eaton Constantine. Sheriff 

 Hales Manor. Ercall Park. Staffordshire Herds. Elmhurst Hall. 

 Ellenhall. Sugnall Hall. Various Midland Herds. Wroxall. 

 The Outwoods. Cheshire Herds. Clayley Hall. Talley Grange. 



Tatton Park. 



On reaching Shrewsbury, our first visit is to Uffington, three 

 miles distant, where the herd and flock have a fame far outside the 

 county in which they are situate. The former was founded nearly 

 forty years ago by the late Mr. John Evans father of the present 

 owners, Messrs. P. A. and G. Evans from cattle selected from the 

 herds of the late Lord Hill, and Mr. Gardiner, of Sandsaw. Eor 

 many years great attention was paid to the sires, and the reputation 

 of the stock for being a thoroughly rent paying sort, led to an 

 extensive demand from the dairy herds in the West Midlands for 

 the male produce, which still continues, and the yards are noticeably 

 wanting in young bulls fit for service. In 187#, the late Mr. Evans 

 offered between fifty and sixty head with the exception of one bull, 

 not a single other animal had the least pretence to fashion in their 

 breeding which brought an average of over <32, entirely on their 

 merits as good and useful cattle, and three years later, the same 

 number increased the average of the previous sale by over three 

 pounds, although there was no fashionable element prevailing in the 

 breeding to cause this increase, if it had not been for their intrinsic 



