. Farmer and stockbreeder . 5:1, speaks ofhim as a herd-book in breeches, he being thenabout ten years old. On entering business on hisown account in 1865, he began Shorthorn breed-ing by the purchase of the bull Brilliant, whichhe used with satisfactory results in a herd ofKooil Shorthorns taken with thefarm from his predecessor. In 1872 his latefathers herd was divided between Mr. JosephStratton, then of Alton Priors, and the subjectof this notice, and a pure bred herd has beenkept ever since at the Duffryn mostly descendedfrom the Moss Roses, the foundation cows of theStratton
. Farmer and stockbreeder . 5:1, speaks ofhim as a herd-book in breeches, he being thenabout ten years old. On entering business on hisown account in 1865, he began Shorthorn breed-ing by the purchase of the bull Brilliant, whichhe used with satisfactory results in a herd ofKooil Shorthorns taken with thefarm from his predecessor. In 1872 his latefathers herd was divided between Mr. JosephStratton, then of Alton Priors, and the subjectof this notice, and a pure bred herd has beenkept ever since at the Duffryn mostly descendedfrom the Moss Roses, the foundation cows of theStratton Shorthorns. Old Moss Rose was calvedin 1838, so that the herd, descending from fatherto son, has been in existence more than eightyyears. Mr. Stratton is one of the oldest Shorthornbreeders in the kingdom, and ts certainly the onlyone who has exhibited Shorthorns at three RoyalCardiff Shows. On the last occasion he won 1st prizewith the yearling heifer Timbrel 23rd, and at thisshow he was represented by two bulls; but, not. Photo In/] [Elliott and Fry. Mr. Richard Stratton, Wliose herd at The Duffryn, near Newport,Mon., is well known. anticipating a show this year, they were not in thetip-top condition so necessary for successful exhi-bition. Mr. Stratton has alwaj-s aimed to produce dualpurpose Shorthorns, and, feeling that the milkingproperties were being neglected by breeders andnot encouraged by the Shorthorn Society, he movedon several occasions at the Council that prizesshould be awarded by the Society for the encourage-ment of milking properties. Meeting with no successon the Council in the year of his Presidency hetook the matter into his own hands, and raised afund for the purpose. A committee was subse-quently formed and some £300 a year distributedin the form of prizes at the various agriculturalshows. This movement having been warmly takenup, the Council of the Shorthorn Society eventuallytook the matter over and offered the prizes them-selves. Thus was establishe
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