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dietary may be doubted. Mr, and Mrs. Weightman are total 
abstainers, and no beer allowances are made in the house or on 
the farm. 
Mr, Weightman is not much of an accountant, but he was 
able to give very satisfactory proofs that his business had been a 
profitable one. Four years ago he had a great blow, which 
might have crushed a less enterprising man, Pleuro-pneumonia 
broke out in his herd, and his cows were all slaughtered. For 
some time he could sell neither hay nor roots ; and of course 
he could bring no fresh cattle on the premises. 
The farm is an excellent example of opportunities recognised 
and seized upon. At the same time it must be admitted that 
very few enjoy such exceptional advantages of position as 
Mr. Weightman, 
Messrs. Angus' Farm, Bearl, Stocksfield. 
Highly Commended in Class I. 
The farm entered by Messrs, Angus in Class I,, and highly 
commended by the Judges, has for more than thirty years been 
distinguished for its Shorthorn herd. The father of the present 
occupiers took the farm at Bearl in 1851, and brought some 
Shorthorns from Hindley. They were descended from the 
herd of Mr. George Angus, of Styford, and traced back to 
Collings' " Son of Hubback " (319). Bulls from the herds of 
Messrs. Crofton, Denham, Gilbert Wood, and from Warlaby 
and Killerby have been used ; and latterly " Ben Brace " 
(20,524) of the Killerby "Bracelet" tribe, "Richmond" 
(37,340), "Foreign Viceroy" (41,571), and "Village Chief" 
(52,304), of Mr. Torr's " Riby," "Flower" and "Village" 
tribes, "Hiawatha" (48,027), bred by Mr. Gordon, Arabella, 
Invergordon, is now in service. The aim of Messrs, Angus has 
been to produce young bulls which have been sold at from 
twelve to eighteen months old. 
Unfortunately in the summer and autumn of 1885 the herd 
suffered severely from abortion. The best of the 'cows were 
sold off fat, and the herd is at least for a time under a 
cloud, though the plague is stayed, and the young stock are 
breeding. 
On this farm it may be noted that the Judges saw the finest 
piece of swedes that came under their observation. In a field 
where the soil is of pretty even quality, some half-dozen varie- j 
ties of seed had been sown side by side under the same con- | 
ditions. It will be interesting if Mr. Michael Angus will make! 
public the result of his experiment. 
