The Republican., 1909-09-09
KING EDWARDS STOCK FARM
Shorthorns, Sheep, Horses and Other
Animals Of Finest Breed.

King Edward, who paid his an
nual visit to the Snithfeld Club
Cattle Show recently, has been an
enthusiastic agriCulturist for near
ly half a Gentry, says the London
Express. For many years his
shorthorns, shires, thoroughbreds,
hackneys, Southdown sheep and
so forth have been second TO none
in the kingdom. His Maiesty's
success as a farmer forms a strik-
ing testimony to the versatility 0.
his interests. It would be errone-
ously suppose that the King wins
at the agricultural and Smithfeld
show merely because he is king.
/ Farmers, who ought to know, are
quick to cOntrOvert the idea. The
king never shows an animal he has
not bred himself, and his cattle
win purely on their merits, because
they are the best. Since he came
to the throne affairs of state have
prevented His Majesty from devot-
ing as much time as he would like
to his farming and agricultural in
terests. He IS no longer able to
occupy his mornings, as he did
when prince of Wales, sitting in
his pleasant business room at
Sandringnam, receiving and in
structing the baiIiffs and others
concerned in the management Of
his 1000 acre farm.
But in spite of his multifarious
engagement the king still llimanages
to continue and supervise the
breeding of stock. His stock
keepers are enthusiastic in his ser
vice, and the result has been that
the King is even more successful
at the shows now than he was
when prince of Wales, King Ed
ward may we'll be proud Of his
remarkable record, particularly if
he recalls the condition Of the
| Sandringham farm lands, whence
many Of these triumphs have
come, before he put them into cul-
tivatiOn. 4 famous agriculturist
who inspected the land before
King Edward set about transform
ing ii reported 1T is very bar
ren soil, barely capable OF cultiva-
ton" Could he visit the land to-
day he would, indeed, be amazed
at the revolution which has made
/ Sandringham one of the finest
stock-raising farms in the country.
The result Of His Majesty's
labors is summarized by an unim-
peachable authority. Rider Hag-
gard, who says: 1T is wonder
ful farm. for l imagine that
nowhere is so much high-bred
stock to be seen upon the same
area; at least, in all my extensive
journeyings throughout the 26
counties in England of which !
have examined the agricultural I
have not found its equal" King
Edwards example and patronage
have been of incalculable benefit to
agriculture in England. He has
always been earnestly interested in
the work of the Royal Agricultural
Society, OF which he has been
present several times, and he is al
so a patron of the British Dairy
Farmers Association. If there is
one department of the farming in
which King Edward takes particu-
lar pleasure it is that of horse
breeding, and he is greatly de-
lighted, therefore, at the achieve
ment of his shire stallion, Prem
victor, in winning the first prize
in the International Live Stock
Exhibition at Chicago.
The success of the Kings shires
hes been extraordinary. At one
sale 54 of his horses realized an
average of A224 each. The Kings
Southdowns and shorthorns are as
famous today as they were in the
heyday of his active farming when
prince of Wales. Only few
months ago one of his shorthorn
bulls, Pride of Sunshine, fetched
the high price Of 400 guineas, Not
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