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which reveal the conditions under which Shorthorns 

 are bred and reared in the different localities. The 

 happily descriptive is unobtrusively blended with 

 the main subject-matter. In studying this volume 

 the enthusiastic breeder or admirer of pedigreed stock 

 feels that he is in the company of the writer at 

 homesteads, in the fields, by beautiful rivers and 

 tumbling streams. And still the theme of themes 

 is " The Shorthorn ! " 



JOHN J. MOUBRAY, 



Chairman, Scottish Central Shorthorn Association. 

 NAEMOOB, RUMBLING BRIDGE. 



