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these rams is, I think, quite the finest specimen of the breed I have seen ; in- 

 deed, in my opinion, he was a long way ahead of anything exhibited at the 

 Liverpool Show. 



This was my first visit through the country parts of England, and I was 

 considerably surprised to notice how dirty the crops showed up from the 

 railway line. Our old friend charlock seemed to be showing up everywhere : 

 indeed, since then I have not succeeded in avoiding him wherever I have been. 

 I am informed that this is abnormal. It is attributed to the exceptionally 

 wet summer in 1909, which hindered cultural operations. As, however, in 

 the majority of cases in England wheat follows red clover, which is first cut 

 as hay and then grazed, I fail to see the strength of the argument. 



Darlington Cranford VI. (12 years old), at Tring. 



Unfortunately my visit to the Windsor Farms was not altogether a success. 

 It had been pouring with rain several days in succession, and rained also on 

 the day of my visit. Beyond, therefore, looking over some very fine stabled 

 Shorthorn cattle, I was not able to see much. 



I was pleased to have the opportunity of visiting Lord Rothschild's Tring 

 Estate, as it would enable me to see what milking Shorthorns were like. I 

 must say that the latter are very different in type from what we had been 

 led to expect from South Australian examples. I have no hesitation in 

 describing them as magnificent types of dairying animals. I was introduced 

 to one cow Darlington Cranford V . which, according to Mr. Richardson 

 Carr, Lord Rothschild's agent, yielded a quarter of a ton of milk a week, 

 notwithstanding the fact that she was 12 years old. Her son and grandson 

 Conjurer and Ranger were two magnificent examples of dairy bulls. 



