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broken line of thirteen Dutchesses in his pedigree. The Duke of New 

 Castle is of a beautiful roan color, has a line head and well-shaped neck. 

 Each of these bulls took first prizes in their respective classes at the 

 cattle show at Sydney, one being for three years and over and the 

 other for two years and under three. In addition to this the Duke of 

 New Castle was awarded the first and champion prize for the best bull 

 of any breed, for which the whole of the Australasian colonies competed, 

 and it is said that the owners refused for him an offer of 2,000 guineas 

 ($10,000). 



NEW ZEALAND POLLED CATTLE. 



The steady demand for black Polled Aberdeen Angus cattle in the 

 United States has increased the price of this breed fully 50 per cent, in 

 Scotland. 



The Polled Angus being natives of a cold climate are, of course, of a 

 hardy breed, and on that account are well adapted to the severe winters 

 of America, and, moreover, it is said they require no artificial feeding. 

 In the climate of North New Zealand, where they do not require hous- 

 ing, it is thought they will do even better than in colder countries. Al- 

 though as yet this breed is confined principally to the colder latitudes 

 in the south island, it is thought they will soon be distributed through- 

 out the colony. I learn from a late number of the North British Agri- 

 culturist that Mr. W. S. Davidson was fortunate enough while in Scot- 

 land to secure for New Zealand the celebrated Pride heifer and a pair 

 of yearling bulls of the Aberdeen Angus variety. 



Mr. Davidson also purchased for New Zealand, Solomon (2,349 pounds), 

 of the celebrated Sybil family and winner of the third prize at the last 

 Inverness show. The animal was bred by the Earl of Southesk, and is 

 the produce of the first prize national societies' animals, Sybil 2nd, of 

 Tillyfour (3526) and Knight of the Shire (1699). The cost, like that of 

 both parents, was considerable. Mr. Davidson also bought from Mr. 

 George S. Grant, Achorachau, Glenlivet, at a high price, the yearling son 

 of the prize cow Patience of Corskie (1932), bred at Drumin, and of 

 select pedigree. The sire of the yearling was the Erica Pride bull Proud 

 Viscount (1246). The Sybil bull is a son of a member of the late Mr. 

 McCombie's Paris group, while the Patience yearling is half brother to 

 the^celebrated heifer Pavilion (3772) which, exhibited by the Earl of Air- 

 lie, "carried everything before her at the national shows. Kecently some 

 New Zealand bred Polled cattle have been exported to Australia. Two 

 of these were shipped to Queensland ; one of these, a yearling heifer 

 from Mr. Auld's cow Pride of Aberdeen, brought the sum of 510 guineas 

 ($2,550), and the cow Pride of Aberdeen brought 385 guineas ($1,925). 

 These cattle were the property of the New Zealand Land Company, and 

 were entirely grass-fed on the company's estate near Omaru. 



NEW ZEALAND DEVONS. 



The Devons, next to the Shorthorns and Herefords, are the most nu- 

 merous in New Zealand, and in time will become fully as popular. Mr. 

 James Dilworth, who was formerly president of the New Zealand Agri- 

 cultural and Pastoral Association, says that the Devons are an excellent 

 breed and thrive remarkably well in the Auckland district. He says 

 that some cattle experts think them superior to the Shorthorns, but, 

 owing to the fact that little knowledge prevails in regard to them, they 

 have not obtained the rank they deserve. They are smaller than the 



