668 A HISTORY OF SHOUT-HORN CATTLE. 



ton and part from Longmore of Rettie. As 

 has already been stated the Longmore Short- 

 horns ranked among the best ever produced in 

 Scotland, the herd dating from about 1838, and 

 at the time Edward Cruickshank purchased fe- 

 males of that breeding the Rettie stock carried 

 a good percentage of Sittyton blood. Edward 

 had an idea that these large-framed, good -milk- 

 ing cows would "nick" well with Sittyton 

 sires, and, as the question of fresh blood for 

 the parent herd w r as often considered by Mr. 

 Amos Cruickshank, it was agreed between Ed- 

 ward and his uncle that the proposition of the 

 former to select good Longmore cows for mat- 

 ing with Sittyton bulls was likely to result in 

 success and perhaps prove the means of pro- 

 viding a desirable outcross for the now strong- 

 ly-inbred Cruickshank stock. Five of these 

 Longmore cows were bought at the Rettie dis- 

 persion of 1881, consisting of three daughters 

 and two granddaughters of Lord Forth (26649), 

 a red bull bred at Sittyton from Forth (17866) 

 out of Autumn Rose by Lord Raglan. The 

 richly-fleshed, low-standing roan bull Perfec- 

 tion (37185), sired by Bridesman (30586) out of 

 Russian Violet by Scotland's Pride, was se- 

 cured from Sittyton and placed in service. 

 This bull was distinguished for his quality and 

 even distribution of thick flesh, and crossed 

 with Longmore cows proved a distinct success. 



