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sey, or that of the Ayrshire, is likely to be on the whole a better animal for the ordinary 

 cheese or butter dairy in a fairly fertile district. Its superior capability of converting 

 food into beef, after it has done its work as a milk producer, makes it the best of the 

 three as a dairy cow in the opinion of the society's judges. 



SJtorthorn cow Innocence Second of Naseby. — Innocence Second of Naseby was calved 

 June 20, 1880. Sire, Earl of Geneva (33794) : dam, Innocence, by Telemaohus Third 

 (32650). 



Shorthorn bull Sir Simeon. — The celebrated bull Sir Simeon (42,412) whose portrait is 

 given in page 89, was bred by Mr. Aylmer, and calved January 16, 1878. lie is by Mr. 

 Booth's Sir Wilfrid from Foreign Beauty, which was bred by Mr. W. Torr, and purchased 

 by Mr. Aylmer, when a handsome calf, at the great Aylesby sale, 1875, lor 500 gninea.s. 

 Hitherto she has produced only bulls, which have been sold for large sums; Mr. John 

 Peel purchased one of them for his herd at Knowlmere. Sir Simeon is a deep rich red 

 in cplor, of large scale and great substance, and walks likea thoroughbred animal. Ho 

 has what those old judges who founded the breed considered a great attribute — a lino 

 large masculine head, with a pair of strong, rather upstanding horns. His appearance 

 indicates vigor and fine constitution; his ribs are round and deep, bat his long hind 

 quarters and full thjghs are some what dwarfed by hips a little too prominent. Mr. Teas- 

 dale Hutchinson, of Catterick, whose career as a larmcr, breeder, and exhibitor has rarely 

 been equaled, offered 500 guineas for him when a yearling; but his superior merit and 

 high lineage induced Mr. Aylmer to keep him at home for his own herd. It is to this 

 bull that the Duke of Manchester's two best Oxford cows of Bates's blood, as well as 

 other highly bred animals, have beeu sent for service. He was sold last autumn ta Mr. 

 W. Talbot Crosbie, for his extensive herd at Ardfert Abbey, Ireland, to which place the 

 bull will be taken, early next spring, should disease regulations permit. 



