THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE. 



SALE dF SHORTHORNS IN SCOTLAND, 



On Thursday, Feb. 14, Mr. Sylvester Campbell, of Kin- 

 nellar, Kiutore, sold hia shorthorns, by auction, at the follow- 

 ing rates : — 



BCLLS, GUINEAS. 



Garibaldi, ro;«i, calved Dec, 1859, by Scarlet Velvet— Mr. 



Walker, Wester Fintray...^ 67 



Wartle, red and white, calved 18th January, 18G0, by 



Scarlet Velvet— Mr. Ledinshaiii, Ilayhillock, Ellon .. 37 

 Darlington, iMan, calved Utii Feb., 1860, by LordSearbro' 



—Mr. Gilchnst, Wells of Rotbic, Fyvie 28 



Balmoral, red, calved 1st Marcb, 1860, by Scarlet Velvet— 



—Major DufF, Knockleilli, Aiichterless 27 



Hojal George, red, cabed 8rd March, 1800, by Scarlet 



Velvet— Mr. M'Lennan, MeikJe Urcliany, Nairn 89 



Prince Alfred, red, calved 15th Marcb, 1S60, by Scarlet 



Velvet— Mr. Lumsden, Brace 80 



Statfsman, roan, calved 18th March, 1860, by Lord Scar- 



bro' — Mr. Douglas, Auchrony, Kinnellar -. 31 



The Hero, red, calved 21th March, 1860, by Scarlet Velvet 



— Mr. Arg'i, Eggie, Belhelvie - 45 



Snowdrop, wbite,calved 12thMarcIi, 1800, by Lord icarbro' 



— Mr. James Coiper, Cannieglerich, Dnnnoak 21 



General, roan, calved 1st April, 186i', by Lord Scarbro' — 



Mr. George Fowler, Invercamrny, Fyvie 21 



Atlas, roan, calvtd 17th May, 1860, by Scarlet Velvet -Mr. 



Charlws Rankin, Candy, Glenbervie 17 



Young iWajnr, red, calved 4lh June, 1860, by Scarlet Velvet 



— Mr. Strachan, Kirkhill 28 



Twin Bull, roan, calved 6tii July, 1801, by Scarlet Velvet 



— Mr. Brotchie, Swanney Hou!e, Orkney 18 



Stanley, roan, calved ->Gth July, 1860, by Napoleon, Son of 



Gariorli Bo.- — Mr. Thom, Quillil, Durris .... 20 



Earl of R.ssie, red, calved 22nd March, 1859, by Cherry 



Duke Second— .Mr. F. Alexander, Farmton, Alford .. 36 



HEIFEB3. 



Miss Eamsden the Third, roan, calved 27th Feb., 1860, by 

 Scarlet Velvet— Mr. James Abel, Burnside, Kintore ... 10 



Rose Leaf, red, calved 13th April, 1860, by Lord Scarbro'— 

 M r. Ueuipster, Oldmachar. ..... 19 



Dandy, red, calved 12th April, 1860, by Scarlet Velvet— 

 Dr. Trail, Tonibeir, Monymusk 30 



Duchess, roan, calved 4th April, 1880, by Lord Scarbro'— 



Mr. Al^'xander, Farraton, Alford 26 



Rose of Summer, red, calved 7th June, 1860, by Scarlet 



Velvet — Mr. M'Lennan, Meikle Urchany, Nairn 30 



The rose, red, calved 13lh June, 1860, by Scarlet Velvet- 

 Mr. iMarr, Uppermill, Tarves „, 25 



Half-a-dozeu cross atots, rising three, and four cross heifers, 

 two years old, sold, the former at from £23 to £26 ; the latter 

 at from £19 to £20. 



Mr. Scott, of Glendronach, on the following day, had a sale 

 of his shorthorns, by auction, when the following were disposed 

 of:— 



BULLS. GUINEAS. 



Lord Stanley, roan, calved Aujust 17, 1859, by the Earl of 



Errol — Mr. Simpson, of Cobairdy 31 



Napoleon, roan, calved Feb. 11, 18C0— Mr. Forbes, Thor- 



niebank, Auchterless S7 



Lord Clyde, rcan, oalved March 8, 1860— Mr. Largue, 



Midtown of Haddo 35 



Prince of Wales, roan, calved March 2, 186C — Mrs. Leslie, 



of Kijibroowi 39 



Garibaldi, roati, calved March -5, 1860— Mr. Gran. Brae of 



Gerrie 40 



Havelo'k, red, with a white spot on side, calved 23ndDec , 



18.59 -Major Gordon Duff, of Drumrauir ., . . 20 



John Bii;:')ycorn, red, calveil February 5, 1860 — Major 



Gordon Duff, of Drummuir , 31 



Devtroi.side, red, calved Nov. in, 1*59— Mr. James Low, 



Netherlon S9 



King of Trumps, roan, calved Zilarch 16, 1860— Mr. Find- 

 later, Cramiali , 21 



The Laird, rich roan, calved June 1, 1800 — Mr. Benzie, 



Parkbrae, Oyne 20 



The Factor, rich roan, calved July 14, 1E69 — Mr. Keid, 



Newton of Kinnelhmont 24 



cows. 



The Queen, roan, calved in April, 1855— Mr. Watt, Crombie 36 

 Mary of Orbliston, roan, oalvtd in 1851— Mr. Jamieson, 



Haughs 85 



Daisy, liaht roan, calved in 1852— Mr. Walker, Drumblair. 27 

 Fair Maid, dark roan, calved in Ftbruai-y, 1857— iMr. Alex. 



Strachan, South Haddo 30 



Coroline, roan, calved in 1855— Mr. Jobs, Cruichie ....... 29 



Jeannie Deans, roan, calved in 1856— Mr. A. Bruce, Koig , 26 



REIFEBS. 



Flower of Moray, rich roan, calved 14th April, 1858, with 



calf at foot— Mr. Walker, Craignetherty 29 



Queen of Diamonds, calved alst July, 1858— Mr. Bruce, 



Broadland 21 



Miis Geddes, dark roan, calved 29th October, 1858— Mr. 



Lawson, Lessendrum ......< 19 



Mina, light roan, calved 20th March, 1859— Mr. Cruick- 



shank, Bainshole 21 



Agnes, red and white, calved 4th June, 18£9— Mr. Wilson, 



Durn 19 



Lilias, roan, calved 22nd Sept., 1859— Mr, Wilson, Durn.. 16 



The average of the eleven bulla is £30 ; of the six cows, 

 £31 173. ; of the heifers, £22 Is. A cross cow and calf sold 

 at £27 15s., and twelve atots and queys, rising two years, 

 sold at an average of £18. The gross amount of the sale was 

 £900. 



DEATH OF A PRIZE SHORTHORN.—" The Queen 

 of Athelataue," the first prize yearling heifer at the Dumfries 

 Meeting of the Highland Society, died during the past week, 

 when she was just two years old. This really beautiful heifer 

 was bred by Mr. Douglas, of Athelstaiieford, and by Sir James 

 the Rose, out of Ringlet, by Frederick, her dam Pearly by 

 Royal Buck. We had to speak of her in high terms in our 

 report of the great northern meeting, where the Queen also 

 attracted the notice of l^ady Pigot, who subsequently brought 

 her South at the long price of five hundred guineas,, and in 

 whose possession the heifer died at Branches Park. She was 

 said to be in calf to Lord of the Valley. The cause of her 

 death was inflammation of the bowels, not the unfrequent end 

 of over-fed cattle, either from indigestion or on any exposure to 

 cold. Her ladyship has only recently lost another promising 

 heifer called Eihtlgiva, from the same cause, out of Duchesa 

 of Gloucester the 2nd, a prize cow at Canterbury ; and Lucy, 

 another of Lady Pigott'a herd, bought at Wetherell's sale, lor 

 150 gs. was killed, at Christmas, as butcher's beef. Her 

 ladyship feeds high, and it was only during the past year that 

 we had lo notice her exhibiting a heifer in one week as a fat 

 beast, and in the next as a breeding animal ! Mr. Douglas also 

 brings his stock out very full of flesh, and as a consequence his 

 famous Venus de Medici has tiever qualified; while the sweet 

 Maid of Athclstane, an own sister to the Queen of Athel- 

 stane, stood amongst the extra stock at Dumfries from 

 never having had a calf. What a commentary all this 

 is on our remarks of last week, on Mr. Fawkes's protest, and on 

 Mr. Carr's letters. Of course, the poor Queen of Athelstane 

 was in training for the Leeds Meeting, or in other words, 

 being pampered up like a bilious alderman, or an over- 

 crammed turkey, who drops down with the last ball of barley- 

 meal in his throat. What really is the meaning of " bringing 

 an animal out properly for showing?" Would not killing be 

 a better reading of such a state ? 



DEATH OF ME. BAKEE, OF COTTESJMOEE.— 

 We regret to record the decease of Kichard Westbrook 

 Baker, Esq., which took place at Ms residence at Cottes- 

 more, on Wednesday, the 30th of January. For the 

 lengthened period of forty years this gentleman has been 

 an occupier of land in the county of Rutland, and during 

 the whole of that time every solid improvement in agri- 

 culture has liad his earnest support and assistance. The 

 system of small allotments fur agricultural and other 

 labouring poor has reached its greatest perfection in the 

 county of Rutland, where it ^^as established thirty years 

 ago by Mr. Baker. The Friendly Society, the Cottesmore 

 Ploughing Meetings, the Agricultural Society and Hall at 

 Oakham have long borne substantial evidence of Iiis 

 interest in their prosperity. We shall hope hereafter to 

 present our readers with a more complete sketch of Mr. 

 Baker's career as an agriculturist, We can only say here, 

 that he has died in the esteem and respect of a large circle 

 of friends, who will long lament his loss, and miss the 

 assistance of his clear judgment and thorough practical 

 knowledge in connexion with those public matters witb 

 which he has been for so many years actively associated, 



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