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years at Howes Farm, quite near the burgh of Annan, 

 on the Newbie side of the water. A strong-minded 

 bachelor, highly respected in his district, he had a 

 superior herd, largely of Booth blood. In his later 

 years he sometimes threatened to " let the bull 

 out" on Annan boys who were wont to take short 

 cuts through his fields. Mr Marshall died in the 

 spring of 1886, and his herd was sold off on 25th 

 May of that year. The cattle were shown in quite 

 good form, but it was a very dull period, and prices 

 ruled low. Among the bulls used during the latter 

 half of the herd's existence were Mr Banting (22,366), 

 Bright Hope (28,081), Prince Arthur Patrick (29,600), 

 Prince Thomas (35,183), Lord Derby (34,524), Prince 

 of Eden (46,902), and Marquis of Annandale (58,022). 

 At the sale Mr David Beattie, Newbie House, paid 

 the top price of 34 gs. for Flora 5th, a wide-backed 

 roan cow by King Edward. He also took Red Grizzy 

 2nd, by the same sire, with her heifer calf, at 25 gs. ; 

 and Blooming Heather 2nd, whose dam had come from 

 Newbie, at 20 gs. This Blooming Heather cow be- 

 came one of the best breeders in Mr Beattie's herd. 

 Mr Marshall's three -year -old roan bull, Kingscotte 

 (49,825), by King Edward, out of the same dam as 

 Blooming Heather 2nd, was taken by Mr W. Bell, 

 Todholes, at 35 gs. 



More than Scotsmen are agreed that Mr Wm. 

 Robertson of Ladykirk overtook work of enormous 

 value as a Shorthorn pioneer. In 1789 he was, 

 according to the testimony of Mr John Heriot, one 

 of his favourite tenants, " a young gentleman of good 



