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dairy, though not a high-bred one, has good blood in her 

 veins. As stock bulls, Mr WaUis has secured two splendid 

 animals — a six-year-old and a yearling. Tlie older bull is 

 well known to all admirers of the breed. We refer to 

 Challenger 1260, of the Pride tribe, whose portrait is 

 given in voL v. of the ' Herd Book.' The yearling named 

 Sea King was bred at Ballindalloch from Sprite 3796, one 

 of the best cows in Sir George Macpherson Grant's herd. 

 Sea King has for sire the famous bull Justice 1462, while 

 his dam's sire and grand-sire were the two champion bulls 

 Judge 1150 and Juryman 404. From the material of 

 which the herd is composed, containing, as it does, the very 

 best blood obtainable, great things may be predicted of its 

 future. Bradley Hall is beautifully situated on the banks 

 of the Tyne, and its well sheltered pastures on a dry gravel 

 subsoil ought to be a healthy, good home for the choice 

 herd which has been gathered together at no little expense 

 and trouble. 



Uwell. — Mr John H. Bridges, yr. of Federate, has a few 

 polled cattle at Ewell, Surrey. He bought two two-year- 

 old heifers in 1878 from the late Mr Walker, Montbletton. 

 Both were by Hampton 492, one being Mayflower 3rd 

 3411, and the other Duchess Marie 3410, and represented 

 Mr Walker's celebrated Mayflower family. They had 

 been first-prize winners as heifers at Turriff, and they 

 carried respectively second and third prizes at the Eoyal 

 show at Kilburn. The bull at present in use is Ebony 

 1261, own brother to Black Prince of Melville 1244, both 

 bred by Mr Melville Cartwright of Melville. Prior to him, 

 the buU used was Nicholas 1210, bred by the Earl of Fife. 

 There are at Ewell four cows, a two-year-old heifer, two 

 yearling heifers, and three buUs, besides a few steers. Mr 

 Bridges finds the breed very hardy, and nothing seems to 

 hurt them. He had some of his animals turned out on 

 iindrained meadows night and day last winter, with not 

 even a shed to go into, and they always appeared to be well. 



