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All the best heifers shown by the Messrs Robert- 

 son for several years have been by the dark roan 

 Keir Quartermaster (120,896), bred by Brigadier- 

 General Stirling and calved in March 1913. That 

 bull is by Edgar 2nd of Cluny (91,611), out of the 

 Queen of Rothes cow Beaufort Queen 2nd by Master 

 Millicent (84,080). Master Millicent was the sire of 

 the famous breeder Millicent Chief (96,096), which is 

 referred to in connection with the Polmaise and 

 Dahneny herds. 



CONGALTON. 



After the death of Mr Joseph Lee, owner of Con- 

 galton, Mr Joseph G. Scott, then finishing a lease at 

 Kinpurnie, Newtyle, took up the tenancy of the noted 

 East Lothian farm. Mr Scott's first selection of a 

 Shorthorn was at the sale held by Mr Lee's repre- 

 sentatives in 1913. He then took out Congalton 

 Helen, by Lord Leith (95,842), and she produced 

 Helen's Favourite, one of the best young cows in Mr 

 Scott's herd. In 1914 Butterfly Lass 12th, a red, by 

 Minmore Quilter (109,417), was bought from Mr D. H. 

 Moore, the well-known Ross-shire breeder. Her roan 

 bull calf of 1918, by Lothian Rambler, was sold at 

 Perth in 1918 for 230 gs. As true a breeder as any 

 of the earlier purchases has been Boquhan Dorothy, a 

 red bred by Mr Stephen Mitchell, and with Proud 

 Champion (109,765) as sire. A heifer calf out of her, 

 by the Tulliallan Royal Beau, was sold to the King for 

 210 gs. Rosemary Princess, bred at Rothiebrisbane, 



