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into it ; besides, it was one of the oldest pure-bred herds in 
existence. That its purity and prestige will be maintained 
bj its new owner, few will be inclined to doubt. The Psorwich 
Champion prize bull, " Falstaff," who is in use as a sire in the 
herd, is an additional guarantee as to this. At the present 
time, the number and quality of the animals render it very 
interesting ; and to minds imbued with tastes bucolic, the im- 
pression produced by the sight, as we on our first visit saw 
it, of 100 of these cows, uniform in colour and quality, stalled 
in houses spotlessly clean, is one to be remembered. INot one 
ailing or failing animal could we detect, but all in the pink 
of condition, with skins shining like well-groomed hunters. 
The quantity of milk given by this breed of cattle is, perhaps, 
not on the whole so great as by some of the larger-framed 
breeds, but we must remember the old saw, 
" 'Tis what goes in at the moo 
That makes the milking coo." 
And it is quite possible that the neat little Poll renders as good 
an account for food consumed as any in the Kingdom, and that 
Mr. Taylor, as a milk seller, may be commercially right in his 
adherence to them. In quality the milk is particularly rich, 
and the cafes in the city supplied from Whitlingham have, it 
is said, familiarised the public with this. Another valuable 
trait of the breed is that most of the cows regularly yield a 
good quantity of milk from the birth of one calf to another, 
rather than a large supply for a short time. 
In summer the cows are grazed almost entirely on the sewaged 
Italian ryegrass, which they eat with relish and thrive on, — the 
quality of milk, cream, and butter which they give from it being 
exceptionally good, and without the slightest trace of the source 
from which their food is derived. 
In winter they have roots, hay, chaff, cakes (linseed and 
decorticated cotton), pollard, malt, Everett's or Barber's Condi- 
ment Meal, &:c. Swedes are given to the end of February, when 
mangolds are substituted. 
Over 100 calves are bred yearly and reared on the farm. 
When there is milk to spare, the young calves get it until they 
are about fourteen days old, when they are put on gruel made 
with Simpson's Calf Meal. When there is not milk to spare, 
which is more often the rule than the exception during the 
autumn and winter months, they, at two or three days old, have 
for food this gruel only. The meal is first wetted with cold 
water and worked into a paste, boiling water in sufficient 
quantity being poured on to scald and thoroughly dissolve it. 
Cold water or milk, if to be had, is added to cool and make up 
