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The herd was then one Polled bull, ten Polled cows, and 36 head of 

 young stock. Primrose was set down -as a young heifer. She was 

 bred regularly to June, 1874, had a good name as a milker, and in 

 May, 1875, though then 26 years old, she may have added yet further 

 to the herd, but fell into a water hole and was drowned. From three 

 of her progeny, bought at Elmham sales, were descended the 40 cows 

 whose milk records have been published. (To economize space the 

 number of days recorded is printed within parentheses). 



Mr. T. Brown, founding a herd at Marham, bought 332 Mar- 

 guerite, whose sire was a Royal Eaton-bred bull. Her gr.-dr. 329 

 Maggie gave birth to two cows, each by a P3 bull: 2382 Mistleto, 3d c., 

 7,021 Ib. (288), 7,310 Ib. (284); and 3002 Modesty, 7,259% Ib. (407), 

 7,617% Ib. (330), 5th c., 12,258% Ib. (584). Mistletoes Breed Analysis: 

 N. 476.56, S. 79.68. RP. 443.75: Modesty's N. 553.90, S. 78.12, RP. 

 67.96. 



At Elmahm sale Mr. Robert Lofft, of Troston, bought 195 Elm- 

 ham Rosebud, 4-yr.-old progeny of 468 Rose, whose dam, 427. By 

 a Troston-bred bull he added to his herd 872 Elmham Rosebud 2d. 

 Mr. J. J. Colman also bought at Elmham the 1st calf of 195 196 

 Rosebud 2d. From 195 there thus resulted two strains of diverse 

 blood, which at Whitlingham made milk records. 



1031 Moss Rose, the progeny of 196 by Powell 143, bred 1934 

 White Spot, and she in two succeeding years gave birth to 2488 Red 

 Spot and 2765 Dot. 2488's best returns were 6,575 Ib. (302), 7,642 

 Ib. (343): Dot's-2d c.-9,345 Ib. (360), and after 14 days her last calf 

 5,067% Ib. (307). When 20 years had passed her Amrecian-bred 

 progeny, tracing to 3993 Dorothy, added to Dot's record. Red Spot 

 covered by lago 1025-09, produced 9223 Spot 3d. Breed- Analysis: N. 

 441.40, S. 83.97, RP. 474.60. Mr. Garrett Taylor assented to his ex- 

 perienced herdsman, Fox, selecting heifers, which had dropped a 

 first calf, to be milked as long as they would yield freely and delay 

 service. The problem was: Will such a fostering of the milk ten- 

 dency influence the milk inheritance? Several bits of evidence may 

 be found in these records. 8223 Spot 3d was one of the early selec- 

 tion. She was in milk 422 days; yield 7,824% Ib. After 16 days-2d 

 c.-and in the following 35 days gave 1,065 Ib., in the year's yield 

 6,348% Ib. (342), butter fat 3.7: her total yield 45,521% Ib. (2,501). 

 8223's 12959 Shalot, 15,437 Ib. (815); 17687 Spot 3d 1st c. on Oct. 

 1st, 1902 record from November 13th, '02, to December 31st, '03, 

 6,096% Ib. (415). 



The Troston-bred 6330 Elmham Rosebud 4th (with two instal- 

 ments of N 2 blood) 116 days after 1st c. began her record at Whit- 

 lingham: 5,088 Ib. (346), fat 4.6. In following years: 6,273 Ib. (350), 

 9,023 Ib. (365), 6,536 Ib. (336), fat 4.9; 10,038% Ib. (354), 8,222% Ib. 

 (364), 6,920% (320); 9th c. 5,480 Ib. (287); total, 57,500% Ib. (2,688). 

 Breed Analysis: N. 409.37, S. 565.71, RP. 24.89. From her dam, 

 with U43 and 19 inheritance, was 7082 Elmham Rosebud 9th-3d c.- 

 10,159 Ib. (322), 9,262 Ib. (308), 10,368 Ib. (321), 9,647 Ib. (230). 7082's 

 13250 Brentwood Bud (by a VI sire)-lst c.-6,883 Ib. (301), 6,534 Ib. 

 (307), 9,278 Ib. (318). 13250's 21071 Brookshall Bud 2d, record 7,159 

 Ib., and in the two following years 21,089 Ib. 13250's 21589 Brook- 

 shall Violet-2d c.-8,193 Ib. 



Dot's 3993 Dorothy Al (by Falstaff 303, which served both in 

 Norfolk and America) when covered by Corporal 4313-T1 gave 

 [18100] Daisy and [24886] Darling (square brackets distinguish 

 American registration after December, 1900, from British registra- 



