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At the sale of surplus stock last autumn (1876), 21 cows, 

 heifers, and calves drafted from this herd realized close upon 

 L.48 each upon the average ; the highest figure being 80 guineas, 

 which was paid for Emma, of the Erica tribe. 



4. The Easter Tulloch Herd. — Mr James Scott has here a very 

 nice and promising herd of black cattle, of about thirteen years 

 standing, during which time he has purchased from Mr Ferguson, 

 Kinnochtry, several cows and queys, mostly descended from the 

 Keillor doddies, containing among others, Princess (1026), Levity 

 (1034), Mary (1035), Agnes (1966), Kate (1036), and Duchess 

 (1028). 



He has also purchased pure bred cows and queys from the 

 Earl of Southesk; Mr M'Combie of Tillyfour ; the late Mr 

 Walker, Mains of Portlethen ; Mr Strachan, Wester Fowlis, and 

 others. 



From the purchases eftected from Mr Ferguson are presently 

 in the herd 19 oood cows and heifers, and 13 descended frouu 

 those purchased at Southesk. Mr Scott also bought several cows 

 from Mr Scott, Upper Tulloch, who had bred pulled cattle for 

 many years before he began his herd. He had several cows of 

 the Portlethen and other breeds, as also Southesk bulls, but he 

 kept no pedigree of his cattle. 



From one of the Upper TuUoch cows, by a Southesk bull, ]\Ir 

 James Scott had Bluebell, and this favourite dam has bred some 

 superior stock ; among others, Tamerlane (392), which took first 

 ).)rizes at Laurencekirk, Aberdeen, and Dundee, and the Highland 

 Society's second prize at Edinburgh ; Prince of Wales 2d (934), 

 which besides several local prizes took the first honours at the 

 Highland Society's show at Edinburgh ; Bluebeard (648), which 

 as a two-vear-old took in 1874 the first prize at the Hidiland 

 Society's show at Inverness, and the first prize at the Itoyal 

 Xorthern Society's show at Aberdeen. 



The herd also includes seven cows and heifers descended from 

 Bluebell, and she has this year (1876), a very superior bull calf, 

 but unfortunately too late calved for showing next year. 



Besides the bulls already mentioned, Mr Scott has used in his 

 herd King Henry (39U), Cavalier (411), and Theodore (393), all 

 from Southesk, as well as Colonel (391), from Mr Leslie. The 

 Thorn. Colonel gained the second i)rize at the Highland 

 Society's show at Stirling in 1(S()4. Ctlu r bulls were Kinnochtry 

 (685), bred by Mr Ferguson, Kinnochtry ; Eni])rror (.">96)^ 

 ])urcliased from Sir George Mai-plierson (Irant of J)nllindalloch 

 out of his famous cow Eisa (977), and W'l'stertown by Baron 

 Setterington (356), from the late Mr Brown, Westertown. 



From the above sires and tlams ^Ir Scott's ])resent herd of 42 

 cows, 14 tw()-year-(»ld queys, 22 one-year-old (lueys, and 17 

 heifer calves has been chiully descended. The animals are all 



