444 SHORTHORN HERDS OP ENGLAND. 



The South Americans have carried away Golden Treasure, Royal 

 Hovingham and Ingram's Fame, while Royal Ingrain and Hiawatha 

 have departed into Northumberland, and Reformer 538^1, similarly 

 marked in colour to Royal Ingram, although possessed of much 

 more masculine character, in which we considered this otherwise 

 evenly made bull somewhat deficient; Macbeth 54670, also a Scotch 

 bred bull ; and Chief Justice 44098, a son of Ingram's Chief 5 1423 and 

 Purity, one of the finest cows at Catchburn ; the two latter are 

 exceedingly promising and will be heard of again during the coming 

 season. Harmony the mother of Royal Ingram carries her nine 

 years remarkably well, and is one of the most shapely well built 

 cows at Greenhead. Her companion, Princess Flora, also very 

 shorthorn like and the possessor of a. capital frame, has bied 

 Goldfmder, Gold Digger and Golden Treasure, the two former well 

 known in Scotch showyards, and Goldh'nder, to the best of our 

 information, has an unbeaten record since being exported by Mr. 

 J. J. Hill into Minnesota. This cow, in addition to having proved 

 such an excellent breeder, is also a splendid dairy animal. Indeed 

 Mr. Handley's cows are not deficient in this respect, and especially 

 fine udders are found amongst them. They are all regularly milked 

 and the calves reared with the pail, thus it is evidently not impossible 

 to bring out young bulls in show condition when under good 

 management, yet there are many who would have us believe other- 

 wise, and if all shorthorn cows were as regularly milked as Mr. 

 Handley's and other northern herds whether pedigree or not we 

 should hear less of the non-milking tendencies of the pure bred 

 shorthorn. In addition to the ill effects of using males out of unprofit- 

 able cows, and high feeding, there is always the danger of not 

 developing the milk glands thoroughly by every means in the owner's 

 power, and what more prejudicial to them than allowing heifers to 

 suckle their calves, and thus in addition to not fully developing the 

 milk glands, the cow is very difficult to milk, after the succeeding calf, 

 and unless tjreat patience is exercised by th? milker, she is soon 

 spoiled, it being invariably difficult to obtain the full yield of milk after 

 the previous calf has been suckling. With the startling successes 



