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grandmother of Mr J. J. Moubray's Goldie 32nd) by 

 Groomsman (70,575), grandam by William of Orange 

 (50,694). She had at foot in 1919 a fine red heifer 

 calf by Bridgebank Orangeman. With the old cow 

 there also came the three-year-old red Goldilocks by 

 Dunglass Rocket and her red yearling daughter by 

 Dunglass Clipper (125,301). The Goldies are fine 

 breeders and deep milkers. Mr Murray is illustrating 

 the principle that what is worth doing is worth 

 doing well. 



BALTHAYOCK. 



Balthayock, a picturesque combination of irregular 

 plateau, scoops between wooded hills, double slopes in 

 part very steep, and whinny moorland, is well aloft 

 from the Tay, facing Kinfauns and the western section 

 of the Carse of Gowrie. The property extends to fully 

 1700 acres, of which about 900 acres are arable. 

 There are pockets of rich soil on the home farm, but 

 at the edges of these and along the rising grounds 

 whinstone rock crops out considerably, and the higher 

 parts of some fields are apt to become scorched in a 

 dry season. Farther north towards the outlying 

 farm of Oliverburn, about a mile arid a half from the 

 mansion-house, the arable land is simply reclaimed 

 moor, and the elevation at that homestead is 600 feet 

 above sea-level. With the exception of one holding 

 of 150 acres the estate is farmed and grazed by the 

 proprietor, Mr Robert Wylie Hill, who has carried 

 out numerous improvements in buildings, fences, 

 drainage, tree-planting and cropping. On the natur- 



