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Champion of England's stock that they determined 

 to begin a policy of concentration. This they did 

 through the use of such bulls as Grand Monarque, 

 Scotland's Pride, Pride of the Isles, Caesar Augustus, 

 Royal Duke of Gloster, Roan Gauntlet, Barmpton 

 and Cumberland. 



There is not in Shorthorn history a record of 

 greater success attained in the production of valu- 

 able cattle for practical farm and feedlot purposes 

 than that which attended the breeding operations 

 at Sittyton after the practice of using these home- 

 bred bulls was adopted. The herd began at once 

 to take on a uniformity in essential points which it 

 had not hitherto possessed, and the further the 

 concentration of blood was carried up to a certain 

 point the better the results. The fruit of Mr. 

 GRUICKSHANK'S appeal to the practice of inbreeding 

 was the establishment of a well-fixed type of short- 

 legged, broad-ribbed, thick-fleshed cattle feeding to 

 satisfactory weights at an early age; and the same 

 concentration of blood that served to fix these 

 desirable characteristics insured the prepotency of 

 the stock for reproductive purposes. The herd 

 became the fountain head of Shorthorn breeding in 

 the north. The Sittyton bulls became the standard 

 sires of Scotland. The value of the service the 



