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period, Mr. Dryden was deeply interested in Mr. 

 Edward Cruickshank's experiment at Lethenty 

 in seeking a fresh cross for the Sittyton stock 

 through the medium of the Longmore cows, 

 reference to which is made on page 668. When, 

 therefore, Edward Cruickshank decided to give 

 up breeding on his own account in 1887 Mr. 

 Dryden purchased his herd and imported it 

 into Canada. We quote his own statement as 

 to this herd as follows: 



It included forty animals thirty females and ten bulls. Among 

 the bulls were two which were afterward somewhat used in my 

 herd Sussex, bred at Sittyton, and Patriot, bred at Lethenty. 

 Of the females twenty-four were descendants from purchases at 

 Sittyton and the remaining- six were descendants of the five supe- 

 rior cows bought at the dispersion sale of Mr. Longmore at Rettie, 

 all of thei^ being sired by Sittyton bulls and some having more 

 than one cross. The theory Mr. Ed. Cruickshank had was that 

 from among these cows he would be able with a cross of Sittyton 

 blood to secure a bull or bulls which would nick well with the 

 Cruickshank cattle. This was at a time when Amos Cruickshank 

 himself felt that in-and-in breeding had been continued as far as 

 was prudent, and he also was looking for outside material of this 

 kind. These Longmore cows I saw in Edward Cruickshank's 

 herd some years before and they were splendid animals of great 

 scale and good milking qualities, but with scarcely the early ma- 

 turing qualities which were found in the Sittyton cattle. 



Of the bulls obtained from Mr. Cruickshank three are worthy 

 of special mention. The most attractive was Red Emperor 71419, 

 by Perfection out of the old Sittyton cow Harmony by Pride of 

 the Isles. Harmony belonged to the Goldie family of Mr. Marr's 

 herd. Red Emperor was sold to L. Miller of Maryville, Mo., and 

 won many prizes in the West. The next was Sussex, belonging 

 to the Secret family, and a very thick and massive animal. An- 

 other bull which has done good service was Pioneer, sold to Mr. 

 W. C. Edwards. He was out of one of the Rettie cows with two 

 or three crosses of Sittyton blood on the top. He was successfully 

 used by Mr. Edwards and was the sire of several prize-winning 



