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Rose-lst c.-6,043 Ib. (275), and this 1st calf's 18859 Rendlesham Rosa, 

 5-yr. av., 6833.8 Ib. (1,400). 



Of other lines of O14 breeding, 19384 Omega-2d c.-9,411% Ib.; 

 3d c., 11,684% Ib.; 5th c., 10,186 V 2 Ib.; 6th c., 9,595% Ib.; 7th c., 

 11,450% Ib.; 8th c., 10,342% Ib.; and her 20471 Omega 3d, 9,256 Ib., 

 9,899% Ib., 10,464 Ib. 20765 Kettleburgh Rosie 3d, 7-yr. old, 12,192% 

 Ib.; her Kettleburgh Rosie 4th, 10,242 V 2 Ib. 19696 Canterbury- 1st c.- 

 8,266 Ib.; her 21082 Canterbury Bell, 5-yr. av., 6804.2 Ib. (1,452); high- 

 est record, 1915's 8,062 Ib. (279). 



10194 Duchess O16-2d c.-9,921 Ib. (362); 4th c., 9,679 Ib. (364); 

 5th c., 11,843 Ib. (364). Her 12303 Hastoe Damsel-2d c.-6,054 Ib. (320). 



Nicholas Powell, whose family, farmed at Little Snoring, near 

 Fakenham, 100 years, was, till railways were established, a noted 

 breeder of the Hackney horse. Like many a Norfolk farmer, he 

 thought the novelty would be fatal to the trotting horse. So he 

 turned his attention to the breeding of Red Polled cattle. He knew 

 all the desirable qualities of the stock, as John Reeve had bred them 

 just five miles distant from Snoring, and that the son-in-law, Eng- 

 land, had just parted with his good cows. Their whereabouts he also 

 knew. So of the Binham Red Polled he secured five heifers for 45 Ibs. 

 Further, he knew where the Reeve stock had been well and freely 

 used, got a bull from Fisher Bradfield at Elmham, and later one 

 from Ben Pond at Dunham. That judicious selection for great depth 

 of color, good form, and milk yield well and over a long period had 

 been his rule I found when I visited him in the autumn of 1873. He 

 had kept no memoranda of breeding, but though well in years his mem- 

 ory was good, and I was made to realize that the Powell blood meant 

 at least four parts of every five a Reeve product. Ben' Brown, of 

 Thursford, had, before I knew Powell, bought of his best; had sup- 

 plied and had bred from them, and, as I have said, thus rescued the 

 fruits of Reeve's and Powell's care from the cattle plague. 



The only available records of PI are descendants of 372 Nelly 

 (gr.-dr. of 243 Handsome, the foundation cow). Nelly's 1069 Penelope, 

 bred by Mr. Fulcher, was added to the Marham herd. Her 3054 Plaus- 

 ible recorded at Whitlingham-lst c.-4,503% Ib. (277), 2d c. 6,164 Ib. 

 (333) ; and her 3040 Palm had two daughters there, 11666 Palm Branch 

 -1st c.-6,223 Ib. (294), then 4-yr. av., 8693.5 Ib. (1,175), and 11667 

 Palm 3d c.-7,840 Ib. (322). Palm Branch's 18208 Pamela recorded-lst 

 c.-6,043 Ib. (345), 2d c. 5,972 Ib. (314), 3d c. 8,281 Ib. (334). 8821 Pa- 

 tience, 3d in descent from Penelope, made records by her 18784 Pas- 

 sion, 7-yr. av., 7,156.24 Ib.; highest record in 1912, 8,613 Ib, fat 3.8; 

 and 20473 Pansy, 6-yr. av., 8422.16 Ib., followed in 1914 and 1915 by 

 10,306 Ib., fat 3.99, and 10,472 Ib. 



P2 records opened with 2263 Ivy, progeny of 1588 Isabel, 3d in 

 descent from 572 Strawberry, the foundation cow. Ivy's 5-yr. av., 

 5195.75 Ib. (1,689); highest record, 6,166% Ib. (314). Her 6569 Miss 

 Ivy-lst c.-4,129 (322); 11-yr. av., 4,685 Ib., fat 3.5 (3,036). 2044 Bru- 

 nette, bred by Mr. Colman, was at Whitlingham from 3d c., 5-yr. av., 

 5178.84 Ib., fat 3.2 (1,411). Her gr.-dr., 101916 Aconite, 8-yr. av., 

 5358.78 Ib. Third in descent from Brunette, 20488 Primrose, 3-yr. 

 av., 7873.5 Ib. (923); and 20786 Mayflower, 4-yr. av., 8623.25 Ib. 1,227); 

 highest record in 1914, 10,654 Ib. (333). Primrose's 23333, The 

 League-lst c-8,781 Ib. (333), 2d c. 7,489% Ib. (286). 



The Rose P3 Family has been the most successful of the Group 

 in the prize ring and in popularity. In one herd in Norfolk there were 



