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animals which have this conformation have generally extra strong constitntions. Duke 

 of Howl John has besides, through his gniudsire, the blood of the Townley Richard 

 COBUT do Lion, whose use by Mr. Eastwood was believe;!, by the late Mr. Pawlett, to 

 have been the means of invigorating that branch of the Braceleftribe which came into 

 his possession. It furnished the bull Baron Killerby, to which the Beeston herd owed 

 oo much. It undoubtedly would be preferable to obtain a bull for the showyard with- 

 out rough shoulders, and also for use at home. But rough shoulders should be accepted 

 with something more than toleration when the animal which has them brings into a herd 

 fecundity and length of days. The photograph successfully represents a very massive, 

 well-made animal. 



Shorthorn cow Baroness Oxford TJiird. We give the likenesses of two of the most fash- 

 ionably-bred specimens of Mr. T. Ilolford's herd. The cow (whose head is fairly repre- 

 sented) is Baroness Oxford Third, a granddaughter, in direct line, of the celebrated old 

 ITolker cow, Lady Oxford Fifth. Baroness Oxford Third is by the famous Kingscote 

 sire, Duke of Hilhurst. 



fihwthorn bull Duke of Leinsier. The young bull is Duke of Leinster. lie is a grand- 

 son (by his sire) of the cow of which we have just been speaking; but, on his dam side, 

 ho is of the Airdrie family of Mr. T. Bates's "Duchess " tribe. His dam, Duchess of 

 Airdrie Seventh, was bred by Mr. Albert Crane, Kansas, United States of America. 



Shorthorn cow Matchless Fifth. The portrait represents Mr. E. C. Tisdall's cow Match- 

 less Fifth, shown at the A gricultural Hall at the recent dairy show, which took the cham- 

 pion prize as the best dairy cow ia the yard. We heartily join in the congratulations 

 which Mr. Tisdall has received from his many friends upon his success. It is a happy 

 and most welcome fortune that one who has shown so much public spirit in the thank- 

 less and laborious work of establishing and guiding a great national institution such as 

 the dairy association must become, should himself reap the highest honor awarded by 

 the society's j udges at its annual exhibition. Of the co w herself the best account is given 

 by her well-known breeder, Mr. Hobbs, of Maisey Hampton, Gloucestershire: "The first 

 prize cow, Matchless Fifth, at the London Dairy Show in the shorthorn class being bred 

 by me, and in my possession until within two months, enables me to certify as to her 

 good milking qualities. When newly calvecl she has produced twenty quarts per day, 

 smcl yields a good supply through the whole of the season. The judge? appear to have 

 looked on her square, well-shaped udder as indicative of a good milk producer, although 

 her last calf was dropped on November 1, 1880. She is by a bull bred by Mr. Edward 

 Bowly of his Gazelle tribe." This is one of Mr. Stacey's photographs. 



Shorthorn cow Generous. The following note is from the Herdsman: The cow Gen- 

 erous, in the Ratton Park herd, near Eastbourne, was bought for 300 guineas in September, 

 1878, direct from Mr. J. B. Booth. She is of the same tribe as Mr. St. John Acker's cow 

 Queen of the Georgians. We give an engraving of Generous, from her photograph, with 

 her last year's heifer calf, Georgia Regia. She is by King of Trumps (31512), calved 

 March 12, 1879. 



Shorthorn luU calf Acropolis. Shorthorn hull calves at York were represented in a 

 class of many entries; but the stalls- showed several gaps. Oddly enough, all the win- 

 ners of prizes were outsiders. Mr. R. Stratton's capital young bull Acropolis (one of 

 the younger) was put first. We have here a capital portrait. 



Shorthorn dairy cows (Mr. Birdsey's and Mr. Taylor's). These portraits represent two 

 of the late dairy show winners, in one of the best classes in the hall, i. e., No. 3, Short- 

 horns for which no pedigree is asked. In many country districts cattle of this stamp 

 are reared, generally by pedigree bulls from cows which were similarly bred, but of 

 whose breeding no authentic record has been preserved. These really are milking Short- 

 horns in proper condition to exhibit at a dairy show. The darker roan is Beauty, No. 

 22 in the catalogue, and the proper tj of Mr. Thomas Birdsey, of Southcote Farm, 

 Leighton, Beds. She was awarded the highest place. The lighter colored animal was 

 put second by the judges, but was preferred by not a few of the lookers-on, and her 

 yield of milk proved rather the larger in amount. She, too, is called Beauty, and was 

 shown as No. 35, and is the property of Mr. George Taylor, of Stanton Priors, near 

 Bristol. Although not extraordinary, these are good specimens of the milking Short- 

 horns, such as exist on hundreds of farms, where this most serviceable variety is culti- 

 vated. 



Shorthorn cow Red Cherry. The portrait represents the second prize cow, Red Cherry 

 las property of Mr. Joseph Phillips, in the class of dairy cows at Reading. It 

 has evidently been taken when the udder was empty, and thus it does not compare so 

 favorably as it might with portraits given elsewhere of cows in the same class which 

 received no award. The judges, however, have no doubt been guided, as in our opin- 

 ion they always ought to be, by the other elements besides milk which go to make up 

 the character of a cow for the dairy. Mr. Phillips's large and massive Shorthorn cow, 

 though it does not promise milk produce either so large or so good as that of the Guern- ' 



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