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Besides these, a couple of nags are kept, and this comprises the 
horse stock. 
Cattle. — A Shorthorn herd of about 100 head is leapt, and 
they are, for the most part, most excellent animals. The stock 
at our winter visit consisted of 
5 Bulls, young and old. 
22 Cows in-milk and calf. 
16 Fattening heifers. 
10 Two-year-old heifers. 
14 Yearling steers. 
3 Two-year-old ditto. 
12 Yearling heifers. 
19 Calves. 
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In July the stock was as follows : — 
20 Cows. 
17 Bulling-heifers. 
11 Heifer-stirks. 
13 Bullock-stirks. 
32 Calves. 
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The bull in use for some time past has been one of Sir 
Richard Musgrave's breed, entered as " Baron of Underly." 
He is now four years old and upwards, and is a grand animal, 
but white in colour. In a district of fine cattle he showed 
well, and would perhaps be hard to beat as a farmer's bull. 
Mr. Lowthian sells a good number of young bulls unregistered, 
and finds a fair market, as his animals are well known. The 
four young bulls we saw in February had all been sold on my 
visit in April at from 20 guineas to 35 guineas apiece, and a 
very pretty and well-bred animal had replaced them, which was 
purchased at one of the auction-sales at Penrith. 
In the interval between our visits a great misfortune had 
overtaken the herd, a number of the cows having cast their 
calves. This must be one of the disadvantages inseparable 
from the mode of keeping cattle in Cumberland and Westmore- 
land entirely in byres, as it is extremely difficult to prevent its 
spreading when once it breaks out in such close quarters. This 
state of things had told upon the condition of the herd, which 
showed badly in consequence in April. There were, however, 
some very noticeable cows among them, and especially a grand 
roan, about ten years old, and a remarkably fine autumn-born 
