SHORTHORN HERDS OF ENGLAND. 4-45 



obtained by Mr. Handley, it should not be difficult for breeders to 

 insist on their herdsman milking every cow and heifer. Most 

 prominent amongst the matrons are Hawthorn Blossom, a fine 

 handsome cow ; Dei-went Queen 2nd, a useful breeding sort, is the 

 dam of Mr. Metcalfe Gibson's Boyal Arthur 53570; Flower Girl 

 and her capital ribbed daughter, Flower Girl 2nd ; Elixir, from 

 Holmescales ; and Red Cherry, by Alfred the Great 36121, from 

 Cherry Bloom, bred at Broomley, the latter being a great improvement 

 on her half-sister, by Blair Athole 37866. The heifers include 

 several very level daughters of Royal Ingram 50374, and are found 

 in. useful breeding order. 



Mr. James Mashiter who occupies the adjoining farm of Deep- 

 thwaite, having been kindly permitted by Mr. Handley to have the use 

 of his sires, his pedigrees are of precisely the same blood as the 

 majority of the Greenhead cattle, no pedigree females having been 

 bought by Mr. Mashirer, but merely a careful record having been 

 kept of the males used upon the dairy cattle, and cows having been 

 sent to Tenant Farmer 13828, when in service at Greenhead before 

 Mr. Handley 's arrival in 1867, many of the animals have that' 

 eire as the termination of their pedigree. Deepthwaite not being 

 nearly so extensive a holding as Greenhead, the breeding stock are 

 ftom twenty to thirty, and their general character are a credit to 

 the tenant, and a successful example of the continued use of pedigree 

 sires upon dairy cows, combined with sound judgement in breeding 

 from only the best of the females. Graceful a daughter of 

 Master Harbinger 40324 a handsome squarely built red and white, 

 has the light roan Louisa standing by her side considered by Mr. 

 Mashiter to be his best cow and the latter's half-sister, Victoria 2nd, 

 with excellent dairy qualities, has a sweet feminine head and horns. 

 Two half-sisters Princess Alice and Adelaide occupying the 

 adjoining stall, have each capital roan calves. Victoria, a very deep 

 fronted roan, has her level yearling by her side, while Laura, and 

 Lavinia, from Louisa, are an excellent pair, if anything we incline 

 to Royal Ingram's daughter Lavinia rather than the aged " Sir 

 Arthur's," and a son of Royal Ingram's, from Carry 2nd, is greatly 

 admired for his even lines. 



