154 SHORTHORNS 



CLOICHFOLDICH. 



On the beautiful south-facing slopes overlooking 

 one of the most charming bits of Strathtay near 

 Grandtully, Messrs John and Donald Robertson have 

 been breeding some Shorthorns for about ten years. 

 Since 1914 the Cloichfoldich herd, now of fair size, 

 has come into note mainly through the general excel- 

 lence of its heifers. The Messrs Robertson began with 

 female animals of the Carnation, Lady Dorothy, and 

 Rachel families, from the herd of the late Mr Alex- 

 ander Robertson, Ballechin. To these they, in course 

 of a few years, added a Village Maid from Colonel 

 Munro ; a Butterfly from Captain Macgillivray, Aldie ; 

 a Queen of Rothes and a Flowery from Mr Douglas, 

 Rhynie ; a Princess Royal from Messrs Munro, Moness ; 

 and a Jealousy and a Broadhooks from Mr Moubray 

 of Naemoor. The Jealousy cost 450 gs. as a calf at 

 the Aberdeen autumn sale of 1919. A full sister to 

 Mr Moubray's Perth champion bull of 1916, she is a 

 singularly handsome dark roan. The Cloichfoldich 

 tenants have been prominent in the Perth prize lists 

 with heifers, principally of the Lady Dorothy and 

 Queen of Rothes families. Among the bulls used have 

 been the home-bred First Favourite (111,774), a Lady 

 Dorothy by the Ballechin stock bull Golden Favourite 

 (98,960), of Mr Duthie's breeding; the Naemoor 

 Question Mark (109,803), and Rufus (117,567), of the 

 Rosebud and Bessie families respectively; and the 

 noted Keir sire. 



