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the magnificent cow Jane of Corskie some white occurs 

 the Lady Ida race .... are entirely free from 

 scurs, admirable in constitution, richly fleshed, and 

 singularly perfect as breeders." 



At that time and in fact until the American craze 

 ' for black and all black,' which was the result of an error 

 as white about the udder was not only a prevalent mark- 

 ing of the breed but one which was and is still preferred 

 to ' all black ' by many, not so much attention was paid 

 to the question and it is satisfactory to know that this 

 hobby is not now ridden so hard in the U.S.A. as it 

 formerly was. 



In this and other fashionable families white comes to 

 the surface from time to time and looking to the breeding 

 of many of the stock bulls, now in use, there would appear 

 to be reason to anticipate that it is likely to continue to 

 do so in the future. 



MAYFLOWER OF MONTBLETTON. 



Of the fourteen calves of Mayflower 2nd mentioned 

 above the only daughter, other than Lady Ida, now 

 represented appears to be Mayflower of Montbletton 3rd 

 3411, which went in 1876 to Ewell Court and was 2nd as 

 a cow at the Kilburn International Show 1879. 



She bred eleven calves at Ewell Court and lived to 

 the age of 14. Amongst her descendants, transferred 

 with the members of the herd then left at Ewell Court 

 to Langshott in 1893, was a daughter Mary Anderson 

 25121, which bred thirteen calves and was destroyed in 

 her eighteenth year, and a grand-daughter Violet Mary 

 14673, from which was bred at Langshott Daisy Caroline 



