NottinghamsJdre and Lincolnshire in 1888 : Class 1. 5G3 
forgotten, namely, that he makes his commodity in the summer 
months when the cows are living entirely upon grass — it 
would ruin the cheese, it was said, to give artificial food — 
and expensive winter provender is almost entirely avoided. 
Thus Mr. Faux's cows run out daily in winter to come home 
to straw and a little cheap mixture at night. About 70 cwts. 
of cheese are sold in the year, and recently it has fetched 70s. 
per cwt., though formerly 85s. — a less depreciation than that 
affecting butter. 
The country is undoubtedly very much indebted to its 
breeders of good stock, and it is difficult to see how more could 
be done in this way than by the interesting example which has 
been thought worthy of a rather lengthened description. Yet 
it is to be feared that the exemplar receives a very inadequate 
reward for his outlay, industry, and enterprise. 
Mr. Lynn, of Stroxton, again, is the happy possessor of an 
extremely valuable and well-descended herd of Bates' short- 
horns, and his sideboard overflows with the spoils of the show- 
yard — as well it may, since no less than 3,000Z. has been won 
for cattle by his father and himself since 1860, and something 
over 1,000^. for sheep and pigs. The Stroxton herd is of the 
Red Rose tribe, which are directly descended from the cele- 
brated Cambridge Roses of Mr. Bates. Mr. Lynn's father 
refused 2,000L for the foundation cow of the Stroxton cattle. 
Very high prices have been made of young bulls to go to New 
Zealand, and elsewhere across the water, and for one which the 
Judges saw in their visits, about 12 months old, 2601. had been 
refused by Mr. Lynn, whilst another of the same age was sold 
to go to South America for 210L Such a record, although far 
from exhaustive, is sufficient to indicate the quality and blood, 
of the animals, and it is almost unnecessary to say that the 
inspection of those which were shown afforded an opportunity 
of no ordinary interest. The herd at the present time numbers 
29 very select specimens indeed, and the Judges do not doubt 
that Mr. Lynn, who is a young man with his heart evidently in 
the work, and but recently entered upon the occupation, will 
turn his promising start to the best advantage, and maintain, if 
not surpass, the previous reputation of the family. He is also 
breeding some useful sheep of Lincoln and Hampshire blood, 
and has a superior stock of Berkshire pigs. The farm looked 
well ; and the crops were of some promise, and, like the animals, 
of select varieties, and sold for stock. The occupation has been 
in the family for several generations, and most of the premises, 
as also, indeed, the greater part of the new parish church, seem 
to have been erected by the tenants at their sole expense. 
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