580 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



able" blood, because of the proverbial Scottish 

 prudence; that is to say because he wa,s aot en- 

 terprising enough to relax the partnership purse 

 strings for the purpose of securing specimens 

 of the prevailing popular sorts. This is alto- 

 gether lacking in truth. For years the breed- 

 ing farms and National show-yards of England, 

 Scotland and Ireland were visited in quest of 

 such material as approximated the Sittyton 

 ideal. There was nothing niggardly in a policy 

 that dictated the payment of $2,000 for individ- 

 ual bulls and nothing narrow in the plans that 

 finally brought the herd to a total of over 300 

 head of registered cattle the largest in all 

 Britain. 



The brothers Cruickshank. Amos and An- 

 thony Cruickshank, who were jointly interested 

 in the breeding operations carried on at Sitty- 

 ton, were born and reared on a farm near the 

 little village of Inverurie, some fifteen miles 

 northwest of the Aberdonian capital. Amos, 

 retiring by nature and preferring the peace 

 and quiet of rural scenes to the bustle of shops 

 and streets, devoted his attention wholly to 

 agricultural pursuits. Anthony decided to en- 

 gage in trade at Aberdeen, where he succeeded 

 in establishing a good business and subsequent- 

 ly acquired considerable local prominence in 

 commercial and banking circles. He was a 

 man of great energy and public spirit, and 



