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ful competitor at the show, that being due in a con- 

 siderable measure to Ladykirk. A twenty-months- 

 old steer in his group dressed 67 imperial stones 7 Ib. 

 During the next few years he sold many steers thirty 

 to thirty-six months old, which dressed from 80 to 100 

 imperial stones, and in one year he sold 18 thirty- 

 months-old steers at what was then the great price of 

 33 per head. Practical tests such as these had a 

 powerful effect. Among the bulls used by him were 

 Satellite (1420) and Pilot (496), the former subse- 

 quently so valuable at Chilton. To Mr Wetherall he 

 paid 250 gs. for St Leger (1414) and 500 gs. for three 

 cows. His public sales were great events. Captain 

 Barclay of Ury and Mr Alexander Hay Shethin were 

 buyers at an important Phantassie sale held on 16th 

 February 1827. The Captain then paid 105 gs. for 

 Champion (865) by Pilot ; 42 gs. for Rose by Satellite, 

 and 53 gs. for Mursha by Leopold : Mr Hay's selection 

 at 31 gs. was the white bull Jerry by Barmpton. 



The Deuchrie herd, which was dispersed on 23rd 

 April 1879, occupied a prominent position for about 

 forty-five years. Mr James Tweedie, the founder, 

 came from the Gala Water district in 1834 with a 

 few Shorthorns. When the herd was sold off the 

 bulk of the stock were descended from three cows 

 Beatrice Mayflower, bought from the Messrs Angus 

 of Broomley in 1859; Twinness, a Warlaby purchase 

 in 1862 ; and a member of Mr Maynard's Rose family, 

 acquired at the Stokesley sale in 1863. Bulls of 

 Booth blood were used. Windsor (19,154), bred by 

 the Prince Consort, came from the Royal Herd. He 



