40 DUAL PURPOSE CATTLE 



an average of 9084.6 Ib. Her 11137 Damsel-lst c- 6,852 Ib. (406); 

 9272 Dolly 2d-2d c.-6,412 Ib. (273). Damsel's 17988 Damsel 2d-lst 

 c.-8,849y 2 Ib. (500), and without a dry time-2d c.-5,239% Ib. (371). 



Two cows from an old Norfolk herd at Hapton were bought by 

 Mr. Henry Birkbeck some 72 years ago to found a herd at Stoke 

 Holy Cross, and pedigrees noted. Records of milk yields were kept 

 w r hen the stock was transferred to Whitlingham. 9207 Chocolate 

 SI, 2-yr. av., 4695.5 Ib. (679). Her gr.-dr., 20393 Hester, 2-yr. av., 

 6822.5 Ib. (647). 



2449 Beauty S2-8th and 9th c.-16,249 Ib. (645). Her gr.-dr., 

 16137 Ashlyns Rose 2d-3d c.-8,736 Ib. (364)., then 3-yr. av., 7120.66 

 Ib. (965). 16137's 18946 Sweet Briar, 7-yr. av., 7470.85 Ib. (2,122); 

 20512 Red Rose, 3-yr. av., 6,128 Ib. (387); and 21716 Longford Dew- 

 berry, 4-yr. av., 8609.5 Ib. (1,325); highest record, in 1915, 5th c.- 

 9,687 Ib. (321). 5975 Slane Beauty, bred in Co. Meath, 4-yr. av., 

 5704.25 Ib. (1,212). 19827 Heytesbury Primrose, of the same line 

 as Ashlyns Rose, 5-yr. av., 5996.6 Ib. (1,314); her 21201 Heytesbury 

 Pansy 1st, 5,554 Ib. (241), then 4-yr. av., 6,650 Ib. (1,353). 



Of Dowson S3 blood, with a succession of Powell blood at Stoke, 

 2124 Damson, 3-yr. av., from 6th c., 6,858 Ib. (878). 2870 Heach-5th 

 c.-10,693 Ib. (428), then 7-yr. av., 7,273 Ib. (2,193); highest record- 

 9th c.-9,238% Ib., fat 4.0 (364). Her 8597 Hilda-lst c.-S,753% Ib., 

 fat 3.4 (476). Third in descent from Heach 12384 Hemp-4th c.- 

 6,326% Ib. (308), then 3-yr. av., 6286.8 Ib. (960). Her 17878 Acton 

 Cherry-lst c.-5,153% Ib. (345), then 4-yr. av., 5395.5 Ib. (1,151); and 

 18974 Acton Cherry Blossom-lst c.-6,661 Ib. (309), then 3-yr. av., 

 6,170 Ib. (930). [30634] Margarita, 6999.7 Ib., fat 235.07. 



Breed Analyses: Heach, N. 512.5, S. 88.63, RP. 398.71. Harp, 

 N. 517.24, S. 109.40, RP. 373.32. Acton Cherry Blossom, N. 478.95, 

 S. 113.04, RP. 407.96. 



The T Group included a number of Families which had been bred 

 in the district adjacent to Walsingham. It may be presumed that 

 they were for the most part descended from c ws of the selection 

 made by the two John Reeves and the Englands. The earliest record 

 of Tl Family was 2474 Prudish, gr.-dr. of 440 Primrose: 3d c. 7,524 

 Ib. (368), 6.422 Ib. (334), 7,662% Ib. (265); then 4-yr. av., 4293.8 Ib., 

 fat 3.2 to 4.4 (1,082). From the same dam as Prudish 3064 Prim, 

 5-yr. av., 4527.7 Ib. (1,309); highest record-5th c.-5,855 Ib. (245). 



2716 Coronet was more noteworthy (she was also a gr.-dr. of 

 Primrose) 2d c. 9,103 Ib. (346), 3d c. 12,253 Ib. (387); and while 

 she was yet yielding 175 Ib. per week Mr. J. McLain Smith took her 

 to America in the summer of 1890. Her 5367 Coronet 2d, which was 

 then a yearling at Whitlingham, began her record with 5,653% Ib., 

 fat 3.2 (301); 2d c. 5,431% Ib., fat 3.6 (287); 3d c. 7,359% Ib. (359), 

 4th c. 8,770% Ib. (334); then 2-yr. av., 6,911% Ib. (581), and in the next 

 year she was exported, leaving her yearling 14723 Coronet 3d-lst 

 c.-9,963% Ib. (539); dry 52 days, then 2d c., 8,050% Ib. (317); 3d c., 

 8,022% Ib.; 4th c. dropped January 18th, 1905, and was sold April 

 12th. Her record from that date, at Lord Rothschild's to 30th Sep- 

 tember, 6,427 Ib. (268), continuing succeeding 365 days, 4,685 Ib.; 

 then 5th c., 8,378 Ib. (252); 6th c., 6,965 Ib. (245); was taken to Thorn- 

 ville, Co. Wexford, where 2-yr. av., 6,628 Ib. Her later records in 

 1913 and 14, were 5,607 Ib. (288), 4,861 Ib. (252). None of her prog- 



