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CATTLE. 



From the above it appears that seventeen cows were sold for 

 X2802 9s.; eleven bulls, £2361 9s.; seven bull-calves, £687 15s.; 

 seven heifers, £942 IBs.; five heifer-calves, £321 6s. In all forty- 

 seven were sold, for £7115 17s. 



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THE REV. H. berry's COW. 



Mr. Charge of Newton, near Darlington, and Mr. Mason of Chil- 

 ton, in the county of Durham, were only second to Mr. Charles 

 Colling in his interesting and useful pursuit. Mr. Mason started 

 early with animals derived, it is believed, from Mr. Colling, in the 

 very commencement of his career ; and Mr. Charge, who had long 

 possessed a most valuable stock of Tees water cattle, had at an early 

 period crossed them with Mr. Colling's best bulls, and was one of 

 the spirited purchasers of Comet, at a thousand guineas. Mr. Ma- 

 son's successful sale sufficiently stamps the value of his stock at that 

 period, 1829. 



It would be unfair to omit mention of a veteran breeder, to whom 

 the advocates for the preservation of pedigree are indebted for the 

 ** Short-horn Herd Book" — Mr. George Coates. He is now one of 

 the oldest authorities on the subject, and was once the possessor 

 of a very superior race of short-horns, though somewhat coarse. 

 Portraits have been preserved of some very good animals bred by 



