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Shethin Lovely from Cluny Castle, another Butterfly 

 from the late Sir H. H. Smiley, a Groat from Pitcur, 

 a Dairymaid from Westside, a Jilt from Hunting- 

 tower, a Lancaster from Doune Lodge, a Strowan 

 Baroness from Bait hay ock, and a Broadhooks from 

 Keir followed. The herd of cows is kept about a 

 score, and of that number the majority are now de- 

 scendants of the Butterfly and Lovely purchases. 

 Butterfly 31st, a beautiful roan heifer calf bred by 

 the late Mr C. M. Cameron, was by the Uppermill 

 Fortune (70,467), and her dam was by the Sittyton 

 Merlin (54,715), which proved such a good breeder 

 of females at Balnakyle. Lovely Lady 3rd, bred by 

 Lady Cathcart and bought as a calf in 1903, was 

 a compact, short - legged red by Clan Macdonald 

 (78,597), her dam being by the Collynie Goldspur 

 (64,107). Bounty 2nd, a good-framed red roan cow, 

 was bought at the Perth draft sale of Sir H. H. 

 Smiley's stock in 1905. Her sire was the Pirries- 

 mill-bred Candahar (78,522), and her dam was by 

 the Uppermill Reginald (64,654). Mr Grant has now 

 in females over one year old eight descendants of 

 Butterfly 31st, three from Bounty 2nd, and six from 

 Lovely Lady. The Balnakyle branch of the Butter- 

 fly family is run into a Moth line at Auchnacree, 

 while the Smiley branch is switched into the Bat 

 track. The total stock on the farm usually run from 

 35 to 40 head. 



Auchnacree Moth 8th, a roan out of Butterfly 31st, 

 Auchnacree Lottie, a red out of Lovely Lady 3rd, 

 and Auchnacree Bat 2nd, a roan from Bounty 2nd, 



