90 Milcli Cows and the Production of Store Stock. 
Mr. Stratton, towards the end of this letter, which would 
be well described as an instructive essay, writes : — 
“To imagine that a non-milking race of cattle is essential for the produc- 
tion of the best graziers is perfectly ridiculous.” 
At Babraham, Mr. Adeane’s cow, Lady Crystal Bates , 
shows by her breeding how, while substance and weight is not 
neglected, milk may be kept up. Her record is as follows : — 
First calf, 560 gallons ; second calf, 680 gallons ; third calf, 
880 gallons ; and if we look into her pedigree we find a g.g. 
grandsire making 55 1. to the butcher (weight 22 cwt. 2 qrs.). 
A generation later Lord Somerset weighed 17 cwt. at two 
years old ; and of Crystal Count , sire of the cow we are 
discussing, Mr. F. N. Webb writes : — 
“ This bull was sold by Messrs. Chalk & Sons, auctioneers, in the Cattle 
Market at Cambridge, to kill, on August 12, 1900, and made 29Z. 10s. I 
find we had stock got by Crystal Count , born as late as March 15, 1901, and 
that he was used as late as June, 1900. As we had a lot of unregistered cows 
too at that time, this bull was probably used almost up to the time he was 
sold, and was not specially fattened up for market.” 
To look at the matter the other way round, Priceless 
Princess , of the same herd, was, as a co-judge at a show once 
said to the writer, “ unimprovable in any particular.” In her 
lifetime the whole show world knew of her milk, quality, and 
flesh. Her dam, Princess Raglan , gave 750 gallons every 
year for four years. 
Lincoln Red Short-horns. 
The writer saw one of Mr. John Evens’ famous Lincoln 
Reds win in a small but strong mixed class at the Christmas 
Fat Stock Show at Lincoln in December, 1906. Upon inquiry 
it was found that this heifer was White/oot 7th, aged three 
and a half years, and that she was sold for 307. 10s. for 
beef. Also that her sire, Burton Red , Herd Book 2131, was 
out of a cow that, to quote her owner, “ has yielded over 
5,000 gallons of milk after her five calves,” that her dam was 
another Whitefoot, “a fine old cow whose g. dam, Whitefootlst, 
was firet in the ‘ Royal ’ Milk Tests in 1898 and 1899.” 
From the same herd, Missey, after winning many prizes, 
was in 1903 second at the same Christmas Fat Stock Show, 
and being seven years old made 287. for beef. Her sire, 
Professor, Herd Book 200, was “ from a grand dairy cow that 
averaged over 900 gallons of milk per year.” This bull, 
Professor, weighed 23 cwt. when sold fat for 287. 15s. at 
six years old, Missey's dam, Pride , averaged 1,210 gallons of 
milk per calf after her six calves. 
