108 SHORTHORNS 



AUCHNACREE. 



Mr George R. Grant's property of Auchnacree in 

 North -East Forfarshire, within twelve miles of the 

 county town and seven miles from Brechin, is one 

 of the highest-lying farms in Britain held by Short- 

 horns. The main part of the steading, which is on 

 a brae -face shelf with a very abrupt background, 

 comes partly into view as one works round the elbow 

 of a somewhat stiff approach, and the bull -boxes 

 appear on a higher plateau. At the first level the 

 buildings are at an altitude of quite 700 feet, and the 

 arable land ranges up to fully 900 feet. Immediately 

 beyond is the heather. The ploughable land extends 

 to about 80 acres, and the hill ground to 420 acres. 

 For all its elevation it is a fairly kindly place, with 

 a southern exposure, some woodland shelter from the 

 north, and a pleasant summer and autumn range along 

 the lower fields, which are still further protected from 

 the colder winds by irregular masses of mixed timber. 

 Most of the soil is a loam of very good quality and 

 fair strength. Grass is somewhat late in appearing, 

 as one might expect, but it holds on well through 

 the autumn. The young stock look their very best 

 before passing into their airy wintering quarters. 



A business man, with a love for country life and 

 a red-white-and-roan, Mr Grant set out as a Short- 

 horn breeder fully twenty years ago. His earliest 

 purchase was a Butterfly from Balnakyle. That was 

 at the Munlochy joint sale in October 1899. A 



