736 CATTLE AND DAIRY FARMING. 



When Heather Bell was well-stricken in years she fell "to the nod" of the late Mr. 

 Pawlett; who, hardly venturing to expect produce, put her to one of his Booth bulls- 

 Prince James — and had a calf, so little expected that he named her iVIiracle. Miracle, in 

 her turn, bred freely; and her blood-red daughter Lady Jane, by the "Bracelet" bull 

 Baron Killerby, was one of the cheapest lots at the famous Beeston sale in 1872. 



Mr. St. John Ackers took Lady Jane to Gloucestershire, and she has proved that the 

 virtue of regular and long-continued fecundity is hers, as well as her grahddam's; for 

 she has produced in succession three light roan heifers, each of which In turn received 

 the name of Lady Carew, by the white Warlaby-bred bull, County Member, of the 

 Christon tribe. All the Ladies Carews have been successfully exhibited, and all have 

 had the same characteristics. All have been somewhat small heifers; with very fine 

 bone/and on very short legs. All have had the silkiest of hair, and a long even carcase, 

 somewhat unduly weighted with flesh and fat at both ends. Lady Carew third (of whom 

 we give a portrait) has a bosom which is wonderful to see. She inherits the blood o 

 almost all the leading strains, though her sire is purest Warlaby. 



SlwrtJiorn dairy cow Victoria. — The portrait represents Mr. Fred. Harvey's first prize 

 cow in the dairy class at Kilburn, haraed Victoria — type of a capital dairy cow; well 

 formed as the mother, whether of meat-carrying steers or milk-producing heifers. Here, 

 too, wo have an example of successful representation by means of photography. 



Shorthorn dair;/ cow 3faiden. — The profile portrait represents Mr. W. Strattou's white 

 dairy cow. Maiden, which tooji the first prize in the class of unpedigreed dairy cattle at 

 the dairy show in the Agricultural Hall. She is, we /understand, out of a good ordinary 

 Shorthorn dairy cow, by the same sire as got Nectarine Bud, which was a noted prize- 

 taker at both the Royal Agricultural Society's and the Birmingham shows. 



Shorthorn heifers Slanwick Rose and Gaiety Sixth. — The portraits represent two very 

 pretty Shorthorn heifers exhibited at the Perth show of the Highland Agricultural So- 

 ciety, by Mr. J ames Whyte, of Aldbro, Darlington, which tooli the fl.rst prize in the 

 cln^^es for yearling and a two-year-old Shorthorn heifers respectively. The older heifer is 

 Stanwick Rose, by Lord Godolphin (36065), dam Moss Rose by Baron Killerby (27949). 



The yearling is Gaiety Sixth, by Ben Brace (30524), dam Gaiety by Merry Monarch 

 (22344). 



Shorthorn cow AprilEose. — The favorite old "Mossrose" cow April Rose, having ceased 

 to breed, has gone to the butcher. This cow was remarkable, not only for her personal 

 merits, which were very great, but for the excellence of her progeny. Calved in April, 

 1862, she brought her first calf in August, 1864, and her thirteenth and last in 1876. 

 Among the best of her produce were the following: A white steer, calved in 1865, that 

 gave remarkable promise for Christmas honors; but he went wrong before the shows, and 

 when slaughtered, a large stone was found in his stomach. Twin steers in 1867. One 

 of these won the prizes for best Shorthorn and for best ox or steer in any of the classes 

 at Birmingham; also the Champion cup and gold medal for the best beast in the yard 

 at Smithfield, 1871; and further distinguished himself in the hands of Mr. Morrison in 

 1873. Flower Girl, by James First (24202), won first prize as calf at Manchester ' ' Royal ;' ' 

 and among her many other prizes was first as breeding cow at the Bath and West of 

 England at Dorchester. Passion Flower, own sister to the above, was never shown, but 

 was the ne plus ultra of a Shorthorn. Village Rose, another own sister, won the first prize 

 as calf at the Yorkshire; first at the Bath and West of England as a yearling; and sec- 

 ond at Cardiff "Royal," where she was sold to Mr. Cochrane, Canada, for 300 guineas. 

 Since these, April Rose has produced two heifers and three bulls, one of the former 

 March Rose, by Protector (33221), is still in the herd; two of the, bulls died young, but 

 Expectation (38264) is being largely used in the Duffiryn herd. 



Shorthorn bull Duke of Sowl John. — This white bull is Mr. John Vicker's Duke of 

 Howl John, a not euphoniously named, yet a remarkable animal. He was six years 

 two months three weeks two days old when his photograph was taken. How well he 

 has held together during that long fattening time, his portrait tells. He represents 

 the mixture of Bates blood (in a small indirect infusion) with that of the elder Mr. J. 

 Booth. The earliest named dams came from Killerby, the latest- sire from Mr. Barnes', 

 of Westland, Meath. The bull himself has attained great distinction. Almost every 

 recent English show of "first " class has seen those victorious which were placed below 

 him at Carlisle; yet Duke of Howl John, by his selection by a quite competent bench 

 was preferred to all of them. 



It is not to be expected that such a success should be at once accepted as deserved by 

 everybody. Yet it would puzzle the critics who challenge the decision to find more fault 

 in the Duke of Howl John as a breeding animal (about whom the ugliest point is his 

 name) than can be pointed out in any of his defeated rivals. His rough shoulder points 

 are his most conspicuous defects; and this is probably owing to his sire White Duke 

 who inherited the blood of Grand Duke Third. Yet the presence of these shoulders' 

 would seem to imply great masculine vigor. At all events, unsightly as they are the 



