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owner bred the very successful prize bull Pure Gold 32236. After 

 Lord Penrhyn supplied Duke of Oxford 31004, and Mr. Brogden a 

 Cambridge Rose and Cherry D'^ke, Holker was once more resorted 

 to and Duke of Oxford 41st 38174, enjoyed a lengthy period of 

 service, as well as his successor, Baron Oxford 10th 42739, who has 

 left a number of nice heifers. Earl Surmise 2nd 51196, the 

 principal of the three present sires, is a level topped bull of nice 

 quality, with well packed shoulders, good ribs and lengthy quarters. 

 Of his two assistants, Lord Waterloo 5th and Wild Duke of Geneva 

 36th, we are inclined in favour of the latter, a deep red sappy 

 youngster, exceedingly mellow in his touch. 



The total strength of the herd is generally about seventy of all 

 ages, which, with the exception of a few heifers bought in to graze, 

 are composed of pedigree shorthorns. A number of young bulls are 

 annually reared with a portion of the milk from the dairy of about a 

 score of cows, the rest being made into butter. Exhibiting is not 

 carried on extensively, but a few animals are generally brought out 

 at the local and Eoyai North Lancashire shows, in oider that the 

 herd may stand well in the estimation of the public, and thereby 

 create a demind for the surplus femiles and young bulls without 

 having a public sale, not one has been held at Low Hall by the 

 present owner, although contributions on a small scale have been 

 made to those of other breeders. The foundation tribes are worthy 

 of first notice, as not only have they produced the most successful 

 show, but at present contain the best individual animals. The 

 Duchess of Kirkby branch are three in number, the Fifth, a neat 

 level topped grand-daughter of the famous " Duchess " has bred the 

 Ninth, a pretty attractive maiden, whom the judges awarded a second 

 prize at Manchester, while her half-sister, the Seventh, is a beautiful 

 fronted young cow of nice quality. The Eubies proper, have in the 

 Sixteenth and Seventeenth, two excellent dairy animals, the former 

 has proved the better breeder, as witness the successful Nineteenth, 

 and two younger ones, all being by Baron Oxford 10th 42729, the 

 oldest has bred a grand level calf to Lord Bates 51545, which is 

 considered quite the most piomising animal in the herd for carrying 



