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aiid the good-ribbed Kuby among tlie twenty pedi- 

 greed cows, of which Rosemary and the broad- 

 backed Mysie 10th, Jessamine from Sittyton, Bar- 

 ber's Duchess of Northumberland, Towneley's 

 Duchess Nanny, and Queen of Beauty (who was 

 too proud to go with the others), all caught our eye 

 in the pasture. 



No particular attention is paid to pigs in this dis- 

 trict ; but Berkshires have been introduced through 

 Mr. Charles Carnegie, M.P., who took a fancy to 

 them when he was a student at Cirencester College. 

 They are thrifty feeders, and hold the yards in winter 

 along with some small whites of Brandsby descent. 

 Dealers go round and buy them up when they are 

 between seven and eight stone, and pack off the 

 carcases in crates to London. Clydesdales come 

 for the season from the Glasgow districts, and Mr. 

 Wilson of Portsoy, has more than once sent some of 

 his champions to take the prize at the Angus 

 Agricultural. This show takes place just before the 

 Highland Societ}^, and includes in its circuit Forfar, 

 Dundee, Montrose, Brechin, Arbroath, and Kirre- 

 muir. Horses, like the farms, do not grow larger 

 as they approach the Grampians. The General, who 

 was then in Mr. Charles LyalPs hands, left some 

 good stock about here during his three seasons, and 

 so did Lord Strathmore's Master Robin. The blood 

 of Lord Panmure's Cleveland has worn pretty well ; 

 but not a soul would look at The Cure in the days 

 when he was down in the world. 



