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Table of Exhibits of Shorthorns and Dairy Shorthorns 

 (Coates's Herd Book) at the R.A.S.E. Show for the years from 



1906 to 1910. 



SHORTHORNS DAIRY SHORTHORNS 



Date Cows and Heifers Bulls Cows and Heifers Bulls 



1906 107 139 16 o 



1907 90 170 21 o 



1908 114 159 21 o 



1909 140 180 30 o 



1910 99 141 46 . 13! 



In the work of restoring the Shorthorn to its high place 

 among dual-purpose cattle, another danger arose a tendency 

 'to look upon the value of the stock as solely determined by their 

 power as milking-machines. A bag of bones, or "a toast-rack 

 carrying an udder," giving a prodigious yield would, if some 

 breeders and judges had had their way, have been encouraged 

 by the award of prizes, whereas what was really needed was a 

 cow giving a profitable yield of milk together with an excellent 

 carcase for the shambles after her best milking days were done. 

 The thanks of all lovers of the rural industry are due to all 

 whose influence arrested this tendency. Of the men with a 

 large interest at stake in "England's greatest industry" there 

 were lamentably few who took any interest in the foundation 

 of the Dairy Shorthorn Association 2 ; among those who both 

 took an interest in it and helped to guide its efforts for the 

 encouragement of dual-purpose cattle useful to English farming, 

 the numbers of landlords and agents are still smaller. But a tribute 

 is due to Mr C. R. W. Adeane 3 and his agent Mr F. N. Webb, 



1 In 1910 for the first time prizes were given for bulls known to be 

 carrying dairy qualities through the milk-yielding capacity of their dams. 



2 A study of the exhibitors' names in the classes from which my table 

 is compiled will confirm this. 



3 Messrs Adeane and Webb were Cambridgeshire men, both natives of 

 a district not supposed to be famous for its dairy cows. Yet their efforts, 

 backed up by the work of the first Live-Stock Officer (Mr W. P. Crosland), 

 appointed in 1914 under the Development Scheme, have led to amazing 

 results which are to be seen in the first Register of Good Dairy Cows pub- 

 lished in 1918 by the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries. Cambridgeshire 

 has a wonderful record, the largest proportion of cows of any county are on 

 the Register, and, in spite of its small area, it has the second largest total of 

 cows registered. 



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