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by Mr Thos. M'Intosh, have had a number of cross- 

 transactions in Shorthorns, they may be dealt with 

 under one heading. The late Mr James Calder, 

 father of the present proprietor, may be said to 

 have started to breed Shorthorns at Ardargie Mains. 

 At Colonel Munro's sale in 1905 he acquired, at 

 93 gs., the Shethin Mysie heifer calf Lady Grand- 

 tully, by the Newton-bred Pillar Stone (84,311), a 

 son of the champion Cornerstone. Recent additions 

 to the Ardargie Mains herd have in part been from 

 Mr M'Intosh. The transfers from Nether Ardargie 

 have included two Broadhooks, a Myrtle, and three 

 Orange Blossoms. The oldest Broadhooks is a deep- 

 framed, handsome roan cow, bred by Mr Gordon 

 Oswald of Aigas, and by Merry Challenger 2nd 

 (99,622). At foot she had in 1919 an excellent roan 

 bull calf by Doune Bright Star, a bull from the same 

 dam as Mr Wm. A. Dron's 1500 gs. Doune Majestic. 

 While in Mr M'Intosh's possession the Broadhooks 

 cow produced Broadhooks Queen Maud, a pretty red 

 heifer by Master Pye 2nd (116,503), a Royal winner 

 as a two-year-old. That heifer is now owned by 

 Mr Calder. Mr M'Intosh bred the Myrtle. She is 

 a sweet red five-year-old out of a Westerton pur- 

 chase, and her sire was the Darlington first -prize 

 bull Baron Bridekirk 49th (118,816). She also had 

 a shapely bull calf by Doune Bright Star. The 

 Orange Blossom, red in colour and eleventh of her line, 

 was bought by Mr M'Intosh from Mr H. R. Macrae 

 of Clunes. Her sire was Gartly Rosedale (102,309). 

 A red Doune Bright Star bull calf at her foot looks 



