SHOETHORNS IN CENTRAL AND 

 SOUTHERN SCOTLAND, 



HISTORICAL. 

 CHAPTER I. 



Earlier evidence on Shorthorns Its mixed nature Scope of present 

 volume Pioneers Simson and Eobertson Sir John Sinclair, George 

 Kennie, Robert Brown, Buchan Hepburn, and others on cattle breeds 

 Views of Culley and Curwen Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch, 

 as stock and crop improver The Eichmonds Williamson of Lawers 

 His appearance and characteristics His herd and sale. 



HE who fares forth mainly on the byways in quest 

 of knowledge relating to the introduction of a new 

 breed into many counties during a period extending 

 from 100 to 130 years ago, must be prepared for some 

 half-truths and for statements which fall short of the 

 modern ideal in definiteness. A reason for this is to 

 be found at the surface. In many cases the writers of 

 the old reports on agriculture and stock-breeding in 

 the various divisions of the country were merely men 

 of general knowledge. Some of them were experts in 

 meteorology, others were ahead of their time in socio- 

 logical matters, and a few had more than the average 

 grasp of the principles and practice of arable farming. 



