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taken over from her Grace's stock at Dunkeld 

 along with Frew, "not a good milker and always 

 inclined to fat," and twenty others, of which thir- 

 teen were not carried on, Carrick, "a very glossy 

 white with shaded tan-spots," is recorded as having 

 given eighteen quarts a day at her best ; Cherry for 

 having ce one horn growing down and being some- 

 what wild ;" Langholme for "her rather short neck" ; 

 Gaiety for " her very gay head and horns erect " ; 

 Empress as " very small and beautifully made" ; and 

 Bertha as "red, very thin, with a venerable appear- 

 ance." 



Glengall has the welcome entry of " twin queys" 

 against her name, while two bulls and a dead quey 

 are credited to Colly Hill. This queen of the Ayr- 

 shires was bred by Mr. John Craig, of Colly Hill, 

 Strathaven ; and her description is " white with rich 

 red spots beautifully marked, very large body and 

 short fore-legs." 



The herd never exceeded fifty cows in milk, 

 and including a few cross-breds and a Jersey, her 

 Grace has nearly as many at present, and about one 

 hundred and thirty head in all at Dunkeld. The milk 

 w r as first reduced to thepresent careful system of calcu- 

 lation on March 31st, 1859 ; and on Thursday every 

 cow's milk is weighed separately, and multiplied by 

 seven, to get the amount for the week. If cows are 

 away as the two Premiums, Colly Hill, White Legs, 

 and Idiot were, at Kelso an average is taken from 

 the preceding and following week, so that it is pos- 



