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Reaching Preston one.? more, and visiting Penwortham Priory, 

 we spend a couple of hours very pleasantly with the owner, Mr. L. 

 R\ wsthorne, in driving round the farms in hand, where everything 

 appears very orderly and carried out in an efficient manner. Milk 

 production forms the chief item in the farming operations and this 

 is despatched to Southport twice every day. Mr. Ravvsthorne had 

 an extraordinary fine family of G Wynnes, which when dispersed at 

 the Ashton Hall sale, attracted great attention, but the direct 

 Princess line, represented by two own sisters, was retained, together 

 with Prince Saladin 40542, as the nucleus of a future herd, 

 Lady Wellesley 2nd, failed to leave any female produce, and Lady 

 Wellesley 3rd, a very handsome cow, was privately sold to Mr. F. 

 Sartoris, after leaving Princess of Penwortham, now g, own into a 

 beautiful symmetrical cow, to mourn her loss, which has had 

 Princess of Hutton to Grand Duke 33rd 39946, and P.incess of 

 Howick to Grand Duke 31st, 38374. The herd is still limited 

 to this favourite old line of blood, which is greatly valued by Mr. 

 Rawsthorne on account of their great milking qualities, but addit- 

 ional females are contemplated being added to it. 



Betwixt the important towns of Lancaster and Preston, Mrs. 

 Brockholes has a small herd of Bates blood at Clifton Hill, which 

 are principally descended from Yorke's Fairie, a daughter of Eighth 

 Duke of York 28480 and Lady Chance 9th, one of the old Scaleby 

 Castle families ; Duchess 2nd, of the Annette branch of the 

 Acombs, bred at Knightley Hall; and Red Cherry, tracing to Col. 

 Ciadock's Old Cherry. The two former are still at Clifton Hill, 

 Duchess 2nd, being a fine type of a shorthorn, and possessed of good 

 daiiy qualities, while York's Fairie is also a good cow. Duchess 

 Acomb, Lady Acomb,and Princess Acomb are three capital daughters 

 of Duchess 2nd, by Mr. Brogden's Piince Glo'ster 42182. Gipsy, a 

 gay looking grand-daughter of York's Fail ie, has Peggy, a very 

 useful heifer as companion, which stands in the same relationship 

 to the Scaleby purchase, and a daughter from the former is very 

 attractive. Of the own sisters, White Hart and White Cherry, the 

 latter is our choice, and appears well adapter! for dairy purposes; 



