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bulls of the heaviest caliber, he found himself 

 compelled to turn to the Aberdeenshire type. 

 Visiting Canada he found the object of his 

 quest a five-year-old roan, bred and owned by 

 Messrs. Watt. 



We have already related that in 1874 the late 

 Joseph Thomson of Whitby, Ontario, imported 

 the roan Cruickshank heifer Village Bud, by 

 Scotland's Pride. She was the best female in 

 the Thomson sale and was bought by Messrs. 

 Watt of Salem, Ontario, for $925. She was in 

 calf at the time to the roan bull Ben Wyvis 

 (30528), bred at Sittyton from Caesar Augustus 

 and Butterfly's Joy of the Towneley line. The 

 resulting calf was the dark-roan heifer Village 

 Blossom, that grew into an- exceptionally thick, 

 short-legged, heavy cow that won first prizes 

 in her class at the leading Canadian shows, be- 

 sides being a member of a herd that won first 

 place wherever exhibited. This prize cow was 

 bred to Abbottsburn 106090, a roan, imported 

 in 1883 by James I. Davidson, sired by Roan 

 Gauntlet out of Amaranth by Barmpton. To 

 this service Village Blossom produced March 2, 

 1885, the roan bull calf Young Abbottsburn, 

 which at seven months old was sold to Mr. 

 Alex. Norrie of Paisley, Ontario,* in whose pos- 



*Mr. Norrle is at present herd manager for Messrs. Dustin, Summer 

 Hill, 111., and selected for them in Scotland In 1898 the prize bull Merry 

 Hampton, possessing something' of the same thickness and feeding quality 

 of the grand old bull which he developed in Canada . 



