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OHAPTEE III. 



Colonel Munro Mains of Murthly, Grandtully Vale, and Moness His 

 herd and sales George Michie Always "the Colonel" Viscount 

 Strathallan's sale Donald Fisher Hotel and farm interests Short- 

 horns at Cluny and Keithock Sales His last herd and sale His 

 many-sidedness and charm Turnbull, Huntingtower John Drum- 

 mond, Blackruthven. 



ON the south side of the Tay valley, Colonel 

 Charles Munro was an enthusiastic supporter of the 

 Shorthorn cause for a long term of years. At Grand- 

 tully Vale Farm, between the noble Tay and the 

 birchen braes leading to the heather, at breezy Mains 

 of Murthly near Aberfeldy, and in later years at 

 cosily set Moness, close by the roystering burn and 

 the show spot of the little burgh, the Colonel bred 

 fine cattle. He was a frequent prize-winner at the 

 Perth spring exhibitions, a prominent winner at the 

 summer events in the county, and he competed 

 occasionally at the Highland. 



He founded his herd in 1880 mainly with north- 

 eastern purchases of the best breeding, including the 

 Secret, Violet, Crocus, Jenny Lind, and other good 

 families, Clippers being added in 1898 at Mr Donald 

 Fisher's sale. His best breeding bull during the 

 earlier stages was the Dunglass - bred Chamberlain 



