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salonica, that gave rise to the beautiful Kinellar 

 Golden Drops, was dropped by Jewess, a cow 

 bought from Mr. Harvey of Tillygreig, in calf 

 to Duke of Clarence (9040), a fine white bull 

 bred by Wetherell and illustrated in the eighth 

 volume of Coates' Herd Book. Another pur- 

 chase that proved fruitful was the cow Ruby 

 Hill, by Elphinstone (14492), that was bred by 

 Messrs. Smith, Billhead of Nairn. 



Early Kinellar sires. For some years the 

 herd of Messrs. Cruickshank was resorted to for 

 sires. Mr. Campbell was remarkably fortunate, 

 or, perhaps we should say, exercised extraor- 

 dinary judgment in selecting young bulls 

 at Sittyton. Mosstrooper (11827), Beeswing 

 (12456), Scarlet Velvet (16916), and Diphthong 

 (17681) proved exceptional stock-getters. The 

 two latter were sent into the leading show- 

 yards of the North in 1862 and 1863 and over- 

 came all opposition. Indeed, the use and ex- 

 hibition of these bulls was an important factor 

 in building up the reputation of the Sittyton 

 stock. Of Cruickshank breeding also was the 

 handsome bull known as The Garioch Boy 

 (15384), bought by Mr. Campbell at a high 

 price, but lost soon afterward. Beeswing was 

 a red, sired by Matadore (11800), tracing on the 

 dam's side through Venus and Dairymaid to 

 the stock of Rennie of Phantassie. He left at 

 Kinellar a lot of useful, deep-bodied cows; and 



