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is to be seen. Their owner, Mr. George Thompson, began to pur- 

 chase a few good animals three years ago, not caring further than 

 that they were eligible and carried their pedigree both " above and 

 below," but whether caring or not, he has secured both a sound good 

 pedigree and an excellent animal in Lady Emily 5th, bred at Tardley, 

 of the Walnut tribe, and her deep red son, by Mr. Y. R. Graham's 

 Craven, is a source of great admiration, with his true form 

 and rich colour. Symbol, of the same family, has immense substance, 

 but lacks the gaiety of carriage of Lady Emily 5th, she was bought 

 at the dispersion of The Wolds herd, and her heifer calf, by Royal 

 Wine 52070, is considerably neater than the mother. Lydia and 

 Marchioness of Lumley 3rd, also came from Mr. Garner's sale and 

 have pedigrees full of the noted blood of Messrs. Maynard and 

 Wetherell in earlier days, and latterly topped with Bates. Mr. 

 Thompson has been especially successful in the dairy classes and a 

 grand old roan non-pedigree cow, with Clarissa and Octavia, own 

 sisters in blood, bred by Mr. James Kendall, make a splendid trio, 

 the former is a magnificent animal, while the latter, a true made short- 

 horn, is still almost a model of a dairy cow, although fast advancing 

 in years. The level Oxfoid Minstrel 4th, and Moorland Daisy, a 

 fine old matron in the thirteenth year, of the old established 

 Gwynne and Old Daisy families are in company with the previously 

 mentioned trio, the latter has already bred two heifers and appears 

 equal to further increase the herd. Sir Neville, a very level lengthy 

 son of Grand Ruth 46459 and Network, has been in service since 

 his purchase at Bingley Hall, where he was highly commended in a 

 class of one hundred and seventy. In entering a meadow in which 

 we find half-a dozen wealthy good coloured heifers, a Kingscote 

 Honey at once attracts attention, while The Queen is from Clarissa, 

 but Wroxall Beauty and her younger sister, Lady Elizabeth, from 

 Octavia, are excellent of their respective ages, and quite the choice 

 of the young stock. Mr. Thompson believes not only in having a 

 herd of good cattle, but his Shropshires descended from the flocks of 

 Lord Chesham, Sir R. Loder, Bart., Messrs. G. Graham and Beach, are 

 a useful shapely lot of sheep, while the "Large Whites " which occupy 

 the piggeries, have won many prizes. 



