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H Old Jock, born in 1842, we shall 



^ see the Bakewellian method as 



j« carried out in its most mtense 



^ form. Then, by another diagram, 



^ we shall see the streams through 



f\ which the blood of Old Jock 



X flowed down to some of his 



vJ most illustrious descendants, first 



^ at Mains of Kelly and Kinnaird, 



J "^ in Forfarshire, then at Tillyfour, 



"^^ I in Aberdeenshire, and finally at 



^ V w Ballindalloch, in Banffshire, the 



A " 



S o places to which in succession 



^ I Aberdeen- Angus breeders have 



\^ .<« ^ turned for stock bulls and higher 



I I o class cows and heifers. A short 



^ ii| 2 examination of these diagram 



i^ ^ pedigrees will show that the in- 



*j./\ breeding begun by Hugh Watson 



'i ^ was continued, though with less 



|J I intensity, by his successors. The 



^ ^ extraordinary concentration of Old 



^ ^ Jock blood in Aberdeen-Angus 



'I j\. cattle to-day may be gathered 



« ^Jl from the fact that it would be 



^ ^J difficult, if not impossible, to find 



f4 ^<i Mn the " Aberdeen- Angus Herd Book," 



^ y'|<' and in other writings there is some confusion 



I ;S -|m as to Old Jock's pedigree; but, after con- 



I •! I « siderable inquiry and examination, the above 



^ ^ <®<* seems to be its last few generations. 



