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■vvho cannot afford always to be dipping into his pocket to 
replenish his dairy. So great is this, that in countries where 
they are kept, " as old as a Longhorn cow " has become a pro- 
verb. They have been known under various names and titles ; 
some writers having termed them " Bakewell's Longhorns ;" 
others " the Leicestershire Longhorns," " the Warwickshire 
or Staffordshire Longhorns," &c., of course all being only local 
names for the same breed ; as Oxfordshire has its " Rollright 
Warwickshire its " Canley ;" Leicestershire " Dishley," " Nail- 
stone," " Upton," " Odstone," and " Ibstock ;" Staffordshire its 
" Farewell " and " Fradley ;" and Derbyshire its " Croxall " 
and " Brailsford ;" so some five or six counties lay claim to the 
breed. Many noblemen and gentlemen have kept them for years. 
Amongst others, the Duke of Buckingham, Earl Howe, and 
Lord Bagot. Sir J. Harper Crewe, who returned to them after 
having a herd of Shorthorns, the last of which, an old cow, I 
saw when looking over his Longhorns at The Abbey a year or 
two ago. Mr. T. L. Prinsep, whose ancestors were so renowned 
in Longhorn annals, has also returned to the faith of his fathers ; 
Mr. Cox of Spondon, Mr. Townley Parker, and several others ; 
while amongst tenant farmers there are yet to be found herds 
whose foundation dates back for several generations. No 
breed could be found more suitable to adorn the park or the 
home pastures of Hall or Grange ; for the long tapering horns, 
sometimes eight feet in width, and tapering in spiral curves from 
the head, at others wreathed into the most picturesque and fan- 
tastic shapes, the true colour brindled red or finch, with white 
backs, and the rough curly coats, must render them objects of 
admiration to all who have an eye for the beautiful, while their 
docile tempers peculiarly fit them for parks or much frequented 
pastures. The Longhorn has endured a long eclipse ; but now 
there seems every indication that he is about once more to 
emerge from obscurity, and take his proper place amongst the 
magnificent breeds of cattle for which England is famous. 
XVIIL — Report on the fVartinchshire Farm-Prize Competition, 
1876. By Herbert J. Little, of Coldham Hall, Wisbech. 
The custom originated by the Royal Agricultural Society in 
1870, of offering Prizes for the best cultivated Farms in the 
j County in which the Annual Show takes place, seems now to 
be established on a firm foundation, and is probably by no 
means the least useful of the means it employs for the improve- 
ment of practical agriculture. The most phlegmatic agricul- 
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