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the herd has been maintained since it came under the manage- 

 ment of the present owner, although the animals have been 

 seldom shown. Marked with great purity and excellence of 

 outline, cattle from this herd have won prizes at both local and 

 national shows. One important point is well sustained in this 

 herd which should be the aim and object of all breeders to 

 retain, and that is the milking properties of the cows. The first 

 bull purchased by the present owner was "Marius" (564). He 

 gained the first prize at the Highland Society's show in 1865. 

 The next purchase was " Bognie " (513), bred by Mr Morison of 

 Bognie, and having been subsequently sold to Mr M'Kessack, 

 Earnside, carried first prizes at Elgin, Nairn, and Inverness 

 shows. He was succeeded by "Jester" (472), bred at Ballin- 

 dalloch, and being out of Jilt, was half brother to the famous 

 trio of bulls, Juryman, Judge, and Justice. He gained a 

 large number of prizes. "Jestia*' (798), was bred at Drumin, 

 and was stock bull for one year. He almost conquered wher- 

 ever he w^as shown. The celebrated bull " Cluny " (1285), 

 bred at Ballindalloch out of the fine cow Erica, which was 

 second at the Paris Exhibition, and the winner at several other 

 shows, w^as bought by Mr Eobertson. The bulls used in the 

 herd during the past five or six years were " Morayston " (1439), 

 out of the prize cow Forget-me-not (1685), and after 

 Adrian (622); " Souter Johnny" (1615), out of Moonlight 

 (1479), and after Ardrian 2nd (622); "Whig" (1867), a 

 pure-bred Erica bull, recently sold to Major Smith, Minmore, 

 at 100 guineas, out of Elma (3368), and after Editor (1460). 

 The present stock bull is Paris (1473), which won the first 

 prize at the Paris Exhibition in 1878. At present the herd 

 consists of 39 females, 2 bulls, and 4 bull calves, containing 

 specimens of the Ballindalloch Jilt family, the Ballindalloch 

 Ericas, and the Drumin Lucy's. 



Ballintonih. — The fine black polled herd of Ballintomb, the 

 property of Mr Alexander Mann, was started in 1875. The 

 first bull was " Brux " (947), by Harry 2nd (770), and out of 

 Annie of Westside (2032), purchased from his breeder Mr 

 Walker, Westside of Brux, Aberdeenshire, and commencing 

 with cows selected from Ballindalloch, Westertown, Biallid 

 Corskie, Tullochallum, Kothiemay, and Burnside herds, Mr 

 Mann, with careful buying and judicious breeding, has brought 

 the herd to a higlily creditable position. It contains 23 cows, 

 8 two-year-old heifers, 9 one-year-old lieifers, 23 calves, and 2 

 bulls, and comprises representatives of the Pride, Erica, Coquette, 

 Rose, Fatuna, Duchess, and Baby tribes. Mr ^lann has all 

 along guarded against feeding his cows for show j)urposes, and 

 with close attention the result has been very satisfactory. He 

 entered the showyard first in 1880 with his young stock, and 



