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promising. Orange Blossom 12th, a fine roan five- 

 year-old, bred by Mr M'Intosh from the llth, is by 

 Baron Bridekirk 49th. There is great breeding and 

 promise in her bull calf by the Doune Lodge stock 

 bull Eclipse of Collynie. Orange Blossom 15th, a 

 roan yearling out of the 12th, should develop into 

 a beautiful cow. Bred by Mr M'Intosh and passed 

 on to Mr Calder, her sire was Master Pye 2nd. 



Important purchases made at Aberdeen for the 

 Ardargie Mains herd have been a roan yearling 

 Secret, of splendid substance, acquired from Mr 

 Robert Copland at 450 gs., and Lavender Wreath, 

 a pretty red heifer bred by Capt. Fletcher of Saltoun, 

 and costing 230 gs. The Secret is by Knight Errant 

 (126,349) from a dam by Primrose Archer (106,551), 

 and the Lavender is by Burgomaster (124,576) out 

 of a dam by Proud Champion (100,096). There could 

 not be better breeding. Mr Calder has laid an 

 admirable foundation. At the Cullisse dispersion 

 sale Mr Calder secured a very fine roan bull calf 

 in Cullisse Cluny of the Secret family, and by the 

 Crieffvechter Economist (136,346). a grandson of Cup- 

 bearer of Collynie (114,960). Cullisse Cluny's dam 

 was acquired by the Duke of Portland at 550 gs. 



Ardargie Mains is an extensive high-lying Perth- 

 shire Ochils farm, with outcrops of whin-rock in parts, 

 but with slopes of very good cropping land. Sections 

 of the farm are steep and somewhat difficult to work, 

 but it has a reputation as a healthy place for stock. 



At Nether Ardargie, which is rather lower-lying 

 and nearer the Forgandenny side, Mr M'Intosh has 



