106 THE AGRICULTURE OF THE 



tives ; while in 1879 and 1880 tliey won no fewer than forty- 

 two first prizes, four special money prizes, thirteen cups, seven 

 medals, and eighteen second prizes. Sir George's first purchase 

 was "Erica" (843), which he acquired at the Earl of Southesk's 

 sale in 1861 for fifty guineas. Another exceedingly valuable 

 cow, "Jilt" (973), was bought from Mr M'Combie, Tillyfour, in 

 1867, for seventy guineas. She won the second prize at the 

 Eoyal English Agricultural Society's show at Newcastle, and 

 also the second at the show of the Highland and Agricultural 

 Society of Scotland in 1865. " Sybil" (97), which won the first 

 prize at the show of the same Society at Dumfries in 1870 was 

 purchased for sixty-three guineas at the Castle Eraser dispersion 

 sale. The principal additions that have been made since then 

 were "Pride of Mulben" (1919), purchased at Mulben in 1876 

 at ninety-one guineas ; "Kindness of Ballindalloch," purchased 

 at Drumin in 1873 ; " Rose 3rd," purchased at Westertown in 

 187-4; "Madge 2nd" (4180), bought at Aboyne, 1879; "Kate 

 Duff," obtained from Rothiemay in 1881 for 155 guineas ; and 

 "Blackbird 3rd" (766), selected from the famous Gavenwood 

 herd. The earlier sires were " Craigo " (260), after a Balwyllo 

 bull, and out of a cow bred at Keillor; and "King Charles" 

 (236), bred at Southesk, after Druid (225), and out of 

 Cathleen (339); "Trojan" (402), purchased at the Tillyfour 

 sale in 1865 for fifty guineas, an animal of very great excel- 

 lence was next introduced into the herd. He was after Black 

 Prince of Tillyfour (366), and out of the Paris cow, Charlotte 

 (203). He won the first prize as a yearling at Stirling in 1864, 

 while he won the leading ticket at the Morayshire Farmers' 

 Club show at Elgin in 1865. According to a private catalogue, 

 " Trojan " did more good to the Ballindalloch herd than any 

 other bull that has been in it. He was undoubtedly the first 

 bull that gave the females the characteristics by which they 

 came to the top in a few years after his advent, and brought out 

 fully the special features that make the Ballindalloch type so 

 popular with the public. Subsequent sires used were "Victor" 

 (493) ; the champion bull " Juryman " (404), bred in the herd, 

 after Bright (454), and out of Jilt (973); "Scotsman" (474), 

 bred at Tillvfour, out of Zora (1228), and after Jim 

 Crow 3rd (350) ; the Erica bull " Elchies " (263), sire 

 Juryman, dam Eisa (977); the Erica bull " Elcho" (595), 

 sire Juryman, dam Erica (848); and "Judge" (1150), which 

 won the gold medal at Paris in 1878, after Scotsman, 

 and out of Jilt. " Trojan," " Victor," " Elchies," " Juryman," 

 " Elcho," and " Judsfe " were the most valuable stock bulls. 

 This celebrated herd is noticed at considerable length m 

 Macdonald & Sinclair's recently published volume on the 

 History of Black Polled Aberdeen or Angus Cattle. The herd 



