146 FIELD AND FERN. 



" Tillyfour's the place to see 



A lot of stunning beefers, . 



Cows and calves and hummel bulls, 



Stots, and likewise heefers. 

 Every July at our show 



He makes a demonstration, 

 Carries off the medals 



And creates a great sensation." 



ABEBDEBIT CHAMELBON. 



The Aberdeen Fat Cup Mr. Stewart's Cracks The Tarty Herd- 

 Mr. Martin's Show Beasts Aberdeenshire Feeders Early Days of 

 Feeding The Original Horned Doddies Aberdeen Meat Supplies 

 The Cattle and Dead Meat Trade with the South The M'Combie 

 Family Easter Skene A Day at Tillyfour. 



OOK here ! I never saw so much tallow inside a 

 hare in my life !" said an Aberdeenshire man to 

 us at dinner. His remark was characteristic of that 

 great feeding county, so especially staunch in its alle- 

 giance to King Beef. The struggle among the best 

 bullocks, taking age into consideration, for the Fat 

 Challenge Cup on the links each July is the Derby and 

 St. Leger of the North rolled into one. In '63 it was a 

 quieter affair ; but last year we heard, and on all sides, 

 how Conglass's doddy, the first of the breed that ever 

 won it, was the roughest of the three which had that 

 grand finish to themselves ; and when we met him at 



