xviii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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XL A. " Speed the Plough." It takes a pair of "good" "\ 



horses to plough in the Carse of Gowrie ! . | 



B. Carting a good crop of Oats at Chesham ' 



Lodge, Great Eccleston, Garstang, Lanes 



XII. A. "Lady Manifred" at the Edinburgh Show : a 



fine type for fast work .... 



B. Shoeing Competition at The Valletts, near [ 137 



Hereford ; good shoeing is as important as 



good feeding ..... 



XIII. A lovely Shire Mare Sir Walpole Greenwell's 



"Dunsmore Chessie": a Royal Show Cham- 

 pion ...... 144 



XIV. A. Milking Devon Suckling Calf- First Prize at 



the Royal Show, Shrewsbury, 1914 ; owned by 

 Messrs Loram Bros., Rosamondford, Exeter . 

 B. Group of well-bred Dairy Shorthorn Calves 

 being Hand-reared at Lord Lilford's Home 

 Farm, Northants .... 



XV. Pedigree Shorthorn Cows which have done their 

 Calves well at Mr Percy Preece's, Pencoyd 

 Court, Ross, Herefordshire . . . 153 



168 



XVI. A. Dairy Cattle tethered close to Lund, Sweden 

 B. Pedigree Shorthorn Cow, " Baroness Stately," 

 owned by Lord Lilford, Lilford Hall, Oundle, 

 Northants .... 



XVII. Pedigree Dairy Shorthorn Cow, "Primrose Gift" . 



XVIII. A. Typical Jersey Cow in the Cathedral Dairy 

 Company's Herd at Messrs Loram Bros., 

 Rosamondford, near Exeter 



B. Devonshire Clotted Cream The Cathedral r 

 Dairy Company's Model Creamery at Rosa- 

 mondford 



XIX. A. Hand Milking . . . ' \ 103 



B. "Lister" Milking Machine . . J 



