Farming in Times Past: Shorthorns at The Cairn.(Farming Life)

From: The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland) | Date: September 28, 2002 | Copyright information

Byline: PAUL CALLAGHAN

IN A radio broadcast for Farming Today, Robert Dubourdieu Best (c.1889-1967) of The Cairn, Aghalee, Co Antrim, spoke on the subject of breeding Shorthorn cattle.

At this time, he was an acknowledged authority on the breed. Indeed, this was formally recognised when, a decade later, he was made president of the Shorthorn Society of the United Kingdom and Ireland (1966/67).

Many farmers in the Province would have known Mr Best. He was a prominent member of both the Royal Ulster Agricultural Society and Ulster Farmers' Union. During his career, Mr ...

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