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the markings, one being entirely white and another 

 entirely black, and so the bull and all his progeny 

 were slaughtered. 



In 1886, a bull of the Chiilingham breed was 

 obtained in order to effect a cross, and such action 

 clearly commends itself as the proper course and of 

 the utmost importance so far as strengthening the 

 herd is concerned. Neither the Chiilingham, Cadzow, 

 nor any other restricted herd could continue to 

 survive without the occasional infusion of new 

 blood. All claims to utterly uncontaminated descent 

 on the part of such herds are untenable. The proper 

 course is occasional interchange between herds ; and 

 had this been recognised earlier, several English 

 herds now extinct would probably still have been 

 vigorous and flourishing. On the occasion of the 

 visit of the Society to the High Parks, we saw this 

 stranger bull and were enabled to compare him with 

 the others. The opinion universally expressed was 

 that while he was a very fine animal, he was inferior 

 in size and symmetry to Cadzow bulls of the same 

 age. His coat seems finer ; but in my opinion his 

 markings are not nearly so beautiful. The brown 

 horns passing into white at the tips, the reddish 

 ears and muzzle, do not contrast so well against the 

 white coat as the jet-black tipped horns and the 

 other black markings of the Cadzow herd. This is 

 no doubt a matter of taste, and others may differ 

 from me ; but I have sought to guard myself in 

 this, as in other points of comparison, from any bias 

 in favour of either the Chiilingham or Cadzow cattle, 

 and to give an impartial estimate. In the spring of 

 last year five calves were born off this bull, four 

 males and one female. One of these bull-calves was, 

 I understand, entirely black, and two others were 

 off the markings, so the three were destroyed. The 

 other bull-calf was according to the Hamilton 

 pattern, while the quey-calf took after its sire, and 

 both of them have been preserved. 



As to the origin of these white cattle, I hold from 



