354 WILD WHITE CATTLE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



Drumlanrig, and at many other places, they have at 

 four years old made excellent beasts, and have given 

 great satisfaction to both the feeder and butcher. At 

 the former place I accidentally saw two of them some 

 years since, and was much struck with them ; they 

 were remarkably good and very beautiful cattle. Since 

 that, Sir John has sent to Her Majesty the Queen, at the 

 Shaw Farm, Windsor, six heifers six quarters old : that 

 is, rising two years. They were put to a short-horned 

 bull, and Mr. Tait said that they produced excellent 

 stock. He spoke highly of the cross-bred produce, which 

 are said to have been all light-coloured; but he had 

 to part with the mothers "because they stared at ladies 

 going through the park," and so got the credit of being 

 dangerous. On two occasions last year Sir John Orde 

 sent to Mr. Assheton Smith, of Yagnol Park, near 

 Bangor, nine cows, not picked, but such as could best 

 be spared, six fine and handsome heifers, rising two 

 years, a bull, and six yearling steers. It is much to be 

 hoped that this attempt to introduce these valuable 

 cattle will be successful. That they are valuable is 

 evident from the fact that Sir John has twice shown, as 

 extra stock, cows of this breed at shows held by the 

 Highland Society at Perth and Grlasgow, and on each 

 occasion he has been honoured by a silver medal. 



I have dwelt somewhat long on this remarkable 

 herd, because it presents a wonderful example of how a 

 herd of cattle of a particular description has, under the 

 greatest difficulties, been brought to perfection in his 

 own lifetime by a man still living, with the aid of a 

 skilled subordinate who is also living; because the 

 system of management and treatment of these cattle 

 pretty vividly pourtrays, with a few trifling exceptions 



