British Farmer's Magazine, Issue 65James Ridgway, 1873 - Agriculture |
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... Bull above two and under three years old . - First prize , £ 10 , J. and R. Stratton ( Jack Frost ) ; second , £ 5 , R. Strat- ton , The Duffryn , Newport , Monmouth . Highly commended : R. F. Soffe . Bull above one and not exceeding ...
... Bull above two and under three years old . - First prize , £ 10 , J. and R. Stratton ( Jack Frost ) ; second , £ 5 , R. Strat- ton , The Duffryn , Newport , Monmouth . Highly commended : R. F. Soffe . Bull above one and not exceeding ...
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... bulls , his Earl of Warwickshire 3rd had an easy victory in such company . The prize yearling bull , bred by Captain Oliver , is a son of Grand Duke the 7th . Amongst the cows the competition was closer . Mr. Bradburn sent Moss Rose ...
... bulls , his Earl of Warwickshire 3rd had an easy victory in such company . The prize yearling bull , bred by Captain Oliver , is a son of Grand Duke the 7th . Amongst the cows the competition was closer . Mr. Bradburn sent Moss Rose ...
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... Bull calf . - First prize , T. Hare , Lund Cottage , Easingwold ; second , W. Burton , Eastoft Hall . Bull , two years old . - First prize , S. Barker ; second , H. Crossley , Watkinson Hall . Bull , any age . - First and second prizes ...
... Bull calf . - First prize , T. Hare , Lund Cottage , Easingwold ; second , W. Burton , Eastoft Hall . Bull , two years old . - First prize , S. Barker ; second , H. Crossley , Watkinson Hall . Bull , any age . - First and second prizes ...
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... bull . Neither has the Irish Jack Frost improved , his good coat being still his chief point , and it must have been a near thing between him and the highly commended Duke of Oxford for second ; not that the Cornish bull has gone on as ...
... bull . Neither has the Irish Jack Frost improved , his good coat being still his chief point , and it must have been a near thing between him and the highly commended Duke of Oxford for second ; not that the Cornish bull has gone on as ...
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... bull , also to be dis- tinguished for his nice coat and quality , but with , as a set - off , an unpardonably plain mean head . The second was altogether so moderate an animal that it is difficult to understand how any commendations ...
... bull , also to be dis- tinguished for his nice coat and quality , but with , as a set - off , an unpardonably plain mean head . The second was altogether so moderate an animal that it is difficult to understand how any commendations ...
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acres age.-First prize agricultural animals awarded Berkshire better bill blackfaced Boar BORDER LEICESTERS bred breed breed.-First prize bull calf calved cattle Cirencester College colt committee Cotswold crop cultivation Devon disease Duke Earl Easingwold engine entries ewes ewes.-First prize exceeding exhibited exhibitors farm farmers filly filly.-First prize foal gelding Hall heifer herd Highly commended horse House Hull hunters hunting implements improvements Ivington judges Kirton Lindsey labour Lady lambs land Leicester Lincolnshire London long-woolled Lord machine Malton manure mare or gelding Messrs milk months old.-First prize Northorpe old.-First prize Pen of five pigs pleuro-pneumonia plough Pony R. E. Duckering Royal second prizes shearling sheep Shorthorn Shropshire silver cup silver medal Society stallions Suffolk third thoroughbred three years old three years old.-First tion turnip two-year-old wheat Wheeler and Sons Yearling Yorkshire
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