CATTLE 187 



At sales at Underley in : — 



1874. — 55 animals sold for iigfijj 6s., average £'i6'i 4s. 6d. 



1876. — 5 animals sold privately for 6,000 guineas. 



1877. — 12 „ „ 7,200 



1878.— 7 „ „ 12,200 



1880. — 62 „ for ig,^^l i8s., average li^j i6s. id. 



1884. — 13 bulls sold for ;^47o 8s., average £^6 3s. 



1885. — 52 animals sold for ;£3,3i8 4s. 



1887.— 40 „ „ ii.oqj, 6s. 



1892.— 43 „ „ £i.log 7s. 



1893. 22 ,, ,, ;i622 OS. 



1894. — 50 cows and heifers and five calves sold for 2,358 guineas, or an average 

 of 43 guineas; while 17 bulls brought 582! guineas, or an average 

 of over 34 guineas. 



igoi. 38 cows and heifers averaged £z-j 6s. 

 17 bulls averaged £2^ 5s. 



1903. — 19 cows and heifers averaged 20 guineas. 

 9 bulls averaged 15 J guineas. 



In 1892 this herd was represented by the Duchess, Grand Duchess, 

 Oxford, Gwynne, Darlington, and Underley Darling families. 



In 1888 the chief breeders of pure Shorthorns were, in the northern 

 part of the county, Metcalfe-Gibson of Ravenstonedale, Dent of Whar- 

 ton Hall, Dent of Kaber Fold (who started on Booth lines in 1870), 

 W. and T. Taylor of Hall Garth (whose herd was started by their 

 father, Thomas Taylor, in 1866), W. Graham of Eden Grove started 

 in 1877 by the purchase of seven Laurestinas from the Barell Green 

 herd. Bird of Yanwath Hall, Lord Brougham and Vaux of Brougham 

 Hall, and Lord Lonsdale at Lowther, Thom of Kirkby Thore, and 

 Crosby of Break Hall, Appleby, and many others in a less degree. 

 In the southern division of the county C. W. Wilson, Rigmaden ; 

 Hy. Cock, of Coat Green ; Handley, Greenhead ; James Close, of 

 Holmescales, who founded his herd at Smardale Hall in 1867 ; W. H. 

 Wakefield, of Sedgwick ; Ed. Mason, of Water Crook ; M. Thompson, 

 of the Lund ; J. J. Banks, of Lane Foot ; John Morton, of Skelsmergh 

 Hall ; Taylor, of New House ; Dargue, of Bumeside Hall ; Atkinson, 

 of Overthwaite ; Lord Bective, of Underley, and many others. 



Wm. Graham's entire herd at Eden Grove were sold off in 1911, 

 when 72 cows and heifers averaged £26 17s. and 8 bulls £19 17s. 8d. 



